Mark suggested that perhaps I might enjoy this recording. It's of the Aurora 7 flight.
It is audio only with snap shots of the 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record and cover sleeve.
It is stereo with Mercury Ground Control on one channel and Scott Carpenter on the other.
The recording is only 13:43 minutes and listen very closely to what goes right and what is not so good.
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Aurora 7 Recording
Published on Jan 9, 2013
From a mail-order placed in September 1962 the original recording of 'America's First Man in Orbit' was sold on 33 1/3 vinyl to relive the exciting new territory from the comfort of your living room.
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I sent this NASA YouTube link back to Mark and it has a lot of images and more about the problems encountered.
Again I would suggest listening closely and observe just how a human can make up for when automatic sequences go amiss.
This clip is only 10:53 minutes and ends with quick history scan from Mercury to the shuttle and an ad for the new Orion capsule. Again, listen closely and this time reflect on where we might go in the future.
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Scott Carpenter & Aurora 7
Published on May 22, 2012
Fifty years later, the flight of the fourth American in space (and second to orbit the Earth) is celebrated in this video tribute to Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter produced by NASA Television.
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Standard YouTube License
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Some info from Wikipedia should you care to remember or learn what you might not have been around to experience in real-time. Some of us are getting old and need a refresher course. Some of you may be a bit younger. :-)
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Mercury-Atlas 7 was the second American orbital Mercury program manned space mission, launched May 24, 1962. The Mercury spacecraft was named Aurora 7 and made three Earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. A targeting mishap during reentry took the spacecraft 250 miles (about 400 km) off course, delaying recovery of Carpenter and the craft. The mission used Mercury spacecraft No. 18 and Atlas launch vehicle No. 107-D.
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Corroborate man-in orbit
Russia had orbited Yuri Gagarin in 1961, now could the Americans do it. (man -- in orbit)
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On 12 April 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3 (Vostok 1), Gagarin became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth. His call sign was Kedr (Cedar, Russian: Кедр).[12]
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Payload:
- Spacecraft No. 18 (Aurora 7), Vehicle Number 107-D
Mission Objective:
- Corroborate man-in orbit
Launch:
- May 24, 1962. 7:45:16 EST. The launch countdown proceeded almost perfectly, with only a last-minute hold of 45 minutes occuring at the T-11 minutes mark in anticipation of better camera coverage and to allow aircraft to check the atmospheric refraction index in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral. The launch vehicle used to accelerate Carpenter and the Aurora 7 spacecraft was an Atlas D. The differences between the Atlas 107-D launch vehicle and the Atlas 109-D used for MA-6 involved retention of the insulation bulkhead and reduction of the staging time from 131.3 to 130.1 seconds after liftoff.
- The performance of the launch vehicle was exceptionally good with the countdown, launch and insertion conforming very closely to planned conditions. At sustainer engine cuttof (SECO) at T+5min10sec, all spacecraft and launch vehicle systems were go and only one anomaly occured during launch. The abort sensing and implementation system (ASIS) Hydraulic switch No. 2 for the sustainer engine actuated to the abort position at 4:25 minutes after liftoff. Pressure transducer H52P for the sustainer hydraulic accumulator was apparently faulty and showed a gradual decrease in pressure from 2,940 psia to 0 between 190 and 312 seconds after liftoff. Another transducer in the sustainer control circuit indicated that pressure had remained at proper levels so the switch did not actuate until the normal time after SECO.
Orbit:
- Altitude: 166.8 by 99.9 statute miles
- Orbits: 3
- Period: 88min 32 secs
- Duration: 0 Days, 4 hours, 56 min, 5 seconds
- Distance: 76,021 statute miles
- Velocity: 17,549
- Max Q: 967
- Max G: 7.8
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Who will provide a stereo version of the next flight to the Moon that we can tap into on the Internet?
On the shoulders of those that have gone before may we continue to build anew.
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK -
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK -
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