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Project ‘Mercury’ Centrifuge Testing

Reel Number: 221013-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1960

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 06:00:08

TC Ends: 06:03:43

Duration: 00:03:35

Project ‘Mercury’ Centrifuge Testing Ext circular building NADC. MCU centrifuge passes overhead; camera mounted on revolving centrifuge arm. Technicians in cubicle. Technicians enter centrifuge. Astronaut Alan Shepard leaving centrifuge, Doctor peels tape from astronaut’s body. Technician carries foam cushion into centrifuge w/ ‘US Navy’ above door. 06:01:48 Capt. Slayton helped in dressing room w/ suit and helmet. Mic attached to helmet. Capt. seated in capsule. Centrifuge starts to turn. Technicians in control room. Centrifuge pod turning forwards. 06:03:07 Interior centrifuge, face distorted by G-force. Heart rate on oscilloscope in control room. Space Race; 1960; NASA;

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