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Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch (1960)

Name: Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch
Genre: Science Fiction
Released: 1960
Duration: 14 min

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Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch (1960) is a 15-minute science-fiction short film that airs free on Starlite TV's Rocket Age (CH 5) and Space Live (CH 11) channels. It is in the U.S. public domain.

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About Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 1 Launch (1960)

Project Mercury (1958-63) was America's first human spaceflight program, which put Alan Shepard, John Glenn and four other astronauts into space in one-person capsules. NASA documented every phase on film; as U.S. government works these films are in the public domain.

This 15-minute video shows the extensive testing procedures applied to the Mercury spacecraft before rollout. It also shows the rollout, launch attempts, and the final launch. A failed launch occurred on November 21, 1960 due to an electrical malfunction, but Mercury-Redstone 1A was launched successfully on December 17, 1960.

Quick facts

Year: 1960
Runtime: 15 minutes
Type: Short film · Science Fiction
Series: Project Mercury
Credits (Internet Archive record): NASA
Sound: Original soundtrack

Synopsis from the Internet Archive item page

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Rocket Age - CH 5, Sci-Fi TV
Space Live - CH 11, Space & Science TV

Rights & source

Basis: U.S. federal government work - public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)
Evidence: Produced by a US federal government agency (17 U.S.C. 105). NASA.
Underlying rights: NASA.
Source: Internet Archive

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