WEIGHTLESSNESS EXPERIMENTS ON MERCURY ASTRONAUTS Reel 4 · Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of Zero-G experiments by US Mercury astronauts aboard a C-131B flying laboratory. Included are scenes of the astronauts floating,rolling and tumbling in the C-131B, AV's of C-131B from a T-33A, Mercury astronauts on ramp and boarding aircraft, and C-131B taking off and landing. Reel 1 -- Scenes of four astronauts aboard C-131B, HOW HIGH THE MOON, in flight, the astronauts floating, rolling, tumbling, doing pushoffs, walking on ceiling, and attempting to drink water and lift weights. Reel 2 -- Scenes show four astronauts aboard C-131B in flight as they float, roll, tumble, do pushoffs, walk on ceiling, attempt to drink water and lifts weights. Reel 3 -- 1) The C-131B in flight to right and left doing Keplerian trajectories. 2) Scenes of astronauts aboard C-131B floating, rolling, tumbling, and attempting to drink from glass. 3) C-131B nose with name: HOW HIGH THE MOON, on it. 4) Scenes of C-131B taking off to left and landing to left. 5) Astronauts aboard C-131B floating, rolling, tumbling, and attempting to walk on the ceiling. Reel 4 -- 1) Scenes of C-131B in flight to left doing Keplerian trajectories. 2) Shows Capt. Donald K. Slayton, Lt. Malcom S. Carpenter, Capt. Virgil I. Grissom, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, and Lt. Comdr. Alan B. Shepard on ramp during briefing and boarding aircraft. 3) INT scenes of C-131B cockpit during Keplerian trajectories. 4) Shows C-131B engine starting. Good (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities