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This DVD tells the story of the Freedom 7 and Friendship 7 NASA Mercury manned space missions. The total run time for this collection of films is 57 minutes. Freedom 7 was the first U.S. piloted space flight. It was manned by Alan Shepard and launched on May 5, 1961. It lasted for 15 minutes and 28 seconds and attained an altutude of 116.5 statute miles and reached a veolicty of 5,134 miles per hour. The main scientific objective of this missionwas to determine man's capabilities in a space environment and in those environments to which he will be subject upon going into and returning from space. A few of the basic flight problems included: The development of an automatic escape system, vehicle control during insertion, behavior of space systems, evaluation of pilots capabilities in space, in flight monitoring, retrofire and reentry maneuvers and landing and recovery.
TYPE: DVD Category: American History Era: Space History
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Product Details: NAME: Freedom and Friendship 7 Mercury Space Missions DVD TYPE: Reproduction MANUFACTURER: Shop SKU: A259
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