Birth of NASA, The Pt. 3 of 3

Birth of NASA, The Pt. 3 of 3 First seven astronauts are chosen, posing. Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton. Training. Lifted out of mold used to make flight couch to fit body shape. Testing various controls of Mercury Capsule. Spun in centrufuge, capsule escape test shown. 23:21:41 Rocket fired w/ Rhesus monkey and escape mechanism fired at 1300 mph. Engineers at console & Atlas Booster rocket fired w/ capsule. Shown as fiery ball on re-entry and landing in ocean. Retrieved w/ rubber raft & navy ship Strong takes on board. 23:23:17 Half dozen launches at night & during day. Good view of men looking up seen from above. 23:24:12 Explorer VI discussed. Summary by Lynn Bondurant & early launch footage. Nice rear view of engineers at console craning to watch launch. Montage of shots of astronaut training. POOV on board rocket at launch w/ earth falling away. Next part will begin w/ 1960. Mercury launch footage w/ astronaut aboard. Shuttle launch. 23:27:24 Titles roll over launch. History; US Space Program; Moon Probes; Testing; Space Race;