NASA PROJECT MERCURY POST FLIGHT SPACE CAPSULE RECOVERY PROCEDURES 61934

This film, NASA Project Mercury Recovery Procedures, was put out by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration or NASA. The Project Mercury, initiated in 1958, was the United States first manned space project. This is an instruction film for the recovery of the astronaut after the flight and the capsule. A picture of the space capsule shown (0:12-0:21). Close up of Astronaut in silver Mercury spacesuit (0:22-0:32). You can see rockets on the launch pad (0:38-0:45). Mercury-Atlas 6 liftoff with John Glenn aboard a Mercury-Redstone rocket (0:59-1:25). Map of the flight of the rocket (1:24-1:52). Depiction of Project Mercury space capsule (1:53-2:06). Project Mercury MA-9 Spacecraft Post-Retrieval Procedures manual (2:07-2:12). Showing the capsule - safety procedures: First, area in front of the hatch is dangerous (2:13-2:31), percussion device protects entrance (2:30-2:39), retention springs (2:40-2:45), picture of danger zone in front of capsule (2:54-3:06). Dangerous explosive device on top is r