Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUTS IN WEIGHTLESSNESS, SCHOOL OF AVIATION MEDICINE, BROOKS AFB, TEXAS, (EST1959)

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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 IN WEIGHTLESSNESS, SCHOOL OF AVIATION MEDICINE, BROOKS AFB, TEXAS, (EST1959)

1959

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/67996

Summary: Coverage of tests conducted for the School of Aviation Medicine in which six astronauts feed themselves from plastic squeeze tubes. Shows AF Capt. Virgil Grissom, Navy Lt. Malcolm Carpenter, AF Capt. Leroy Cooper, Jr., and Navy Lt. Commander Alan Shephard Jr.(all wearing helmets) in rear cockpit of F-1OOF feeding themselves through tubes from plastic squeeze bottles, watching loose objects float about cockpit in weightless state, and the last subject squirting himself in the face with liquid from squeeze bottle. Fair (Basic: Print)

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Carpenter, M. Scott, 1925-2013

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