Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum | Cape Canaveral 1962 (Color Issues) @ccspacemuseum | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
(The colors in this documentary have shifted over the years, however it has excellent audio. Other versions of this film are on our channel.)
The film documents events at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during 1962. The topics include:
* The last test flight of an Atlas, in December 1962.
* A Minuteman launch failure in mid-October; a look at a Minuteman missile silo; and a successful launch.
* The launch of a Polaris missile from a nuclear submarine, and a September test launch from land.
* The launch of an Army Pershing missile from a mobile launcher.
* An Air Force Skybolt missile dropped from a B-52 bomber.
* The last Titan I launch, in January.
* The first Titan II delivery, transport and deployment at the launch pad, and the first Titan II launch in March.
* President John F. Kennedy's visit to Cape Canaveral on September 11, 1962.
* TIROS weather satellite launch.
* Project Big Shot, a polyethelene balloon launched into space.
* The first Atlas Centaur launch in May, ending in failure.
* The launch of Mariner 2 to Venus on an Atlas Agena in August.
* ANNA (Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force) geodetic satellite launched on a Thor Able in October.
* A joint U.S.-U.K. launch in April on a Thor Delta.
* The Telstar 1 communications satellite launch on July 10.
* The first American orbital human spaceflights with John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra.
* Expansion of launch operations with the acquisition by NASA of land on north Merritt Island. The film references the Saturn C-3, the Saturn C-5, and Nova.
* Work to complete Launch Complex 37 for Saturn.
* A Saturn C-1 delivery to Complex 34, and launch of SA-3 which exploded a dummy warhead of water in the upper atmosphere.
* The X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
Visit our website at www.afspacemuseum.org. We're on Twitter at @afspacemuseum.
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(The colors in this documentary have shifted over the years, however it has excellent audio. Other versions of this film are on our channel.)
The film documents events at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station during 1962. The topics include:
* The last test flight of an Atlas, in December 1962.
* A Minuteman launch failure in mid-October; a look at a Minuteman missile silo; and a successful launch.
* The launch of a Polaris missile from a nuclear submarine, and a September test launch from land.
* The launch of an Army Pershing missile from a mobile launcher.
* An Air Force Skybolt missile dropped from a B-52 bomber.
* The last Titan I launch, in January.
* The first Titan II delivery, transport and deployment at the launch pad, and the first Titan II launch in March.
* President John F. Kennedy's visit to Cape Canaveral on September 11, 1962.
* TIROS weather satellite launch.
* Project Big Shot, a polyethelene balloon launched into space.
* The first Atlas Centaur launch in May, ending in failure.
* The launch of Mariner 2 to Venus on an Atlas Agena in August.
* ANNA (Army, Navy, NASA, Air Force) geodetic satellite launched on a Thor Able in October.
* A joint U.S.-U.K. launch in April on a Thor Delta.
* The Telstar 1 communications satellite launch on July 10.
* The first American orbital human spaceflights with John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Wally Schirra.
* Expansion of launch operations with the acquisition by NASA of land on north Merritt Island. The film references the Saturn C-3, the Saturn C-5, and Nova.
* Work to complete Launch Complex 37 for Saturn.
* A Saturn C-1 delivery to Complex 34, and launch of SA-3 which exploded a dummy warhead of water in the upper atmosphere.
* The X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
Visit our website at www.afspacemuseum.org. We're on Twitter at @afspacemuseum.
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