Retro Space HD | Mercury-Atlas 7 - Historical Footage, Full Mission, Narration, HD - Scott Carpenter - Aurora 7 @RetroSpaceHD | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
Documentary about the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage. The full mission is covered, showing crew, training, launch, orbit reentry and splashdown.

Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Crew and Training
06:20 Mission Objectives
09:52 Launch Preparations
15:43 Mercury-Atlas 7 Launch
20:34 Orbit 1
25:20 Orbit 2
26:40 Orbit 3
27:12 Retrofire and Reentry
31:30 Splashdown and Recovery
37:20 Scott Carpenter Postflight Remarks
39:56 Mission Results

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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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