Posted on June 20, 2013
On April 1, 1959, Robert Gilruth, the head of the Space Task Group, Charles Donlan, Warren North, and Stanley White selected the first American astronauts. The “Mercury Seven” were Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I....
m7-capsule
Mercury 7
Tagged:Air Force Flight Test Center, Alan Shepard, Charles J Donlan, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Deke, Donald Slayton, Edwards Air Force, Glennan, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Gus, Gus Grissom, History, John Glenn, Mercury, Mercury 7, Mercury Seven, Nasa, Patuxent, Project Mercury, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Stanley White, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Warren North
Posted on December 14, 2016
With the passing of John Glenn last week, I thought it would be appropriate to pause my coverage of Apollo 10 for a week and create an episode that celebrates the life of the American Icon, John Glenn. I covered John Glenn’s Mercury flight in episod...
174537main_glenn_john_hr_1
2-sen-john-glenn
1-jgma6
Tagged:Air Force Flight Test Center, Alan Shepard, Charles J Donlan, Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Deke, Donald Slayton, Edwards Air Force, Glennan, Godspeed John Glenn, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Gus, Gus Grissom, History, John Glenn, Mercury, Mercury 7, Mercury Seven, Nasa, Patuxent, Project Mercury, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Senator John Glenn, Stanley White, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Warren North
Posted on November 7, 2013
Mercury-Atlas 9 was the fourth and final manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The flight objectives were to:
(1) evaluate the effects on the astronaut of approximately one day in orbital flight;
(2) verify that man can function for an exte...
space rocket history pic36
S63-07856
Mercury9_tibet
Gordon_Cooper_Jr._-_cropped
773px-Mercury_On_Deck_-_GPN-2000-001403
479px-Cooper_-_GPN-2000-000997
Tagged:0 05g, Airglow, Apollo, Atlas, Beco, Boy Scouts Of America, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Coastal Sentry Quebec, Exploration, Faith 7, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, Himalayas, History, John Glenn, Kearsarge, Kentucky, Kyushu Japan, Leroy G Cooper, Life Scout, Mcdonnell, Mercury, Mercury 7, Mercury 9, Mercury Control, Mercury Atlas 8, Mercury Atlas 9, Murray, Nasa, Oklahoma, Prayer, President Kennedy, Retro, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Seco, Shawnee, Space, Tibetan, University Of Ohio, Virgil Grissom, Visual Acquisition And Perception, Walter Schirra, Xenon Strobe Lights, Zanzibar, Zodiacal Light
May 15
Space Rocket History #63 – Gemini V with Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad – 8 Days or Bust -Part 1
Posted on May 15, 2014
By this time the Astronauts were thinking about a nickname for their spacecraft, but NASA Headquarters now officially refused to allow nicknames for Gemini spacecraft. However, Gordo Cooper was not so easily put off. Pete Conrad’s father-in-law had w...
gordo recovery
Gemini5insignia
gemini5-surrounded-by-mcdonnell-works-during-checkout-240×310
Gemini5-splashdown
Gemini5-cockpit-pre-launch
gemini-v-crew
gemini-5-cape-kennedy-240×242
gemini-5-baja-california
Gemini-5_Gordon_Cooper_recovery
Gemini_5_Radar_Evaluation_Pod
Gemini_5_on_the_pad_19
Gemini_5_Fuel Cell
Dave Hint
Tagged:8 Days Or Bust, Agena, Atlas, Capcom, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Charles A Berry, Cherry Picker, Chis Kraft, Computer, Covered Wagon, Darrow, Dyslexia, Edward H White, Elliot See, Evaluation Pod, Exploration, Fail Safe, Franceses Conrad, Fuel Cells, Gemini, Gemini 4, Gemini Iv, Gemini Project, Gemini Titan Iv, Gene Kranz, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Gpo, Gunter Wendt, Haverford, History, Houston, Ink Blot, James A Mcdivitt, James Webb, Lady Bird, Langley Research Center, Launch Pad Erector, Liberty Bell 7, Manned Space Center, Mcdonnell, Msc, Mueller, Nasa, Naval Air Station Patuxent, Naval Aviator, Neil Armstrong, Pete Conrad, Princeton, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Rotc, Seamans, Space, The Little Rascal, William Schneider
May 22
Space Rocket History #64 – Gemini V with Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad – 8 Days or Bust -Part 2
Posted on May 22, 2014
This was Flight Director Chris Kraft’s first major problem at the new Mission Control Center in Houston. He knew the spacecraft had enough battery power for reentry even if the fuel cells failed completely, but he needed to know if there would be ti...
Tagged:8 Days Or Bust, Agena, Atlas, Aurora 7, Buzz Aldrin, Bykovsky, Capcom, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Charles A Berry, Chis Kraft, Computer, Covered Wagon, Darrow, Deke Slayton, Ed White, Edward H White, Edwin Aldrin, Evaluation Pod, Exploration, Fail Safe, Faith 7, Franceses Conrad, Fuel Cells, Gagarin, Gemini, Gemini 1, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini Iv, Gemini Project, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Titan Iv, Gene Kranz, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Haverford, History, Hodge, Holloman Air Force Base, Houston, James A Mcdivitt, James Webb, Kranz, Leonov, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Manned Space Center, Mcdonnell, Minuteman Missile, Mission Control Center, Msc, Nancy Conrad, Nasa, Oams, Orbital Attitude And Maneuvering System, Pete Conrad, Phantom Rendezvous, Princeton, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Space, Sputnik, Tereshkova, Voskhod 1