Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ASTRONAUTS' ZERO GRAVITY TESTS

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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' ZERO GRAVITY TESTS

1959

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Summary: Newsreel coverage of Lt Col John H. Glenn, Jr. (USMC), Capt Virgil I. Grissom, USN Lt Comdr M Scott Carpenter and Capt Donald K. Slayton boarding and alighting from F-100F after Zero Gravity tests. This is part of the astronaut training program at Edwards AFB. (Shot list to follow.) Shows Lt Col John H. Glenn Jr. (USMC) leaving physiological training flight van, walking to and boarding second cockpit in F-100F. 49' MS of USAF School of Aviation Medicine markings on tail of F-100F. 56' Scenes of pilot and USA Lt Col Glenn in F-100F, aircraft taxiing left and away from camera. 91' Scenes of Capt Virgil I. Grissom boarding F-100F and in second cockpit of aircraft. 136' LS of two F-100F's in flight to left. 140' MLS & LS of F-100F's taxiing right with drag chute and into parking area. 164' MS & MCU of Capt Grissom alighting from F-100F and talking with captain. 182' Scenes of USN Lt Comdr M. Scott Carpenter, wearing full pressure suit, with other military and civilian personnel walking to F-100F, seated in second cockpit of F-100F and canopy partially closing. 241' LS of two F-100F's in flight to right. 245' MLS & MS's of F-100F on landing roll and taxiing into parking area, USN Lt Comdr Carpenter alighting and walking toward hangar. 303' MLS of F-100F taxiing left. 310' Scenes of Capt Donald K. Slayton walking to F-100F, boarding aircraft and donning helmet. Good (Basic: Orig koda)

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Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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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...

Carpenter, M. Scott, 1925-2013

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