Account successfully created. Please check your inbox to verify your email id and login.
Sign in with
Already have an account?
Sign in
or create with
We are glad to have you onboard! But before we start we will need to make sure we’ve got the right email for you.
Go to HomepageReel 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;