Mercury-Atlas 9 - Historical Footage, Full Mission, Narration, HD, Gordon Cooper - Faith 7

Описание: Documentary about the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage. The full mission is covered, showing crew, training, launch, beacon release, slow scan tv tests, orbit reentry and splashdown.

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963. The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major. This mission marks the last time an American was launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Crew and Training
04:20 Mission Objectives
07:12 Launch Preparations
10:20 Mercury-Atlas 9 Launch
15:14 Orbit 1
16:54 Orbit 2
17:45 Orbit 3
18:39 Orbit 4 to 5
20:59 Orbit 6 to 8
22:38 Orbit 9 to 14
24:15 Orbit 15
24:55 Orbit 16 to 18
25:42 Orbit 19 to 21
28:00 Orbit 22
28:30 Reentry and Recovery
31:26 Cooper Postflight Remarks

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The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.

Historical narration (from mission commentary, NASA documentaries and progress reports, and TV and radio broadcasts sourced from LM5 are used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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