Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUTS AT HOLLOMAN AFB

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUTS AT HOLLOMAN AFB

1960

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Summary: Coverage of participation of astronauts in weightless flight in C-131 at Holloman AFB. 3' ALS C-131 filing Keplerian trajectory to achieve weightless flight. 9' MS of astronauts, Lt. Cmdr. Walter M. Schirra, Lt. Malcom S. Carpenter, Capt. Donald K. Slayton, Capt. Virgil I. Grissom and Lt. Col. John H Glenn boarding C-131. 56' MS astronauts and AF personnel standing around C-131 during briefing by AF officer. 62' MS pan right with C-131 taxiing out flight line. 79' CU's of C-131 cockpit showing test bulb and float as aircraft flies zero-G trajectory. 121' ALS C-131 flying zero-G trajectory. 205' CU bulb and float during zero-G flight. 231' MS of Lt. Carpenter, Capt. Grissom, Lt. Col. Glenn, Lt. Cmdr. Schirra and Capt. Slayton in front of C-131. 261' MS astronauts and AF personnel around C-131. 264' MS FV C-131 port engine starting. 273' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Mas color)

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Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...

Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...

Carpenter, M. Scott, 1925-2013

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