Sound effects from Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, Bldg 29, centrifuge. 1. Gimbal cycling (no). 2 and 3. Centrifuge G run at different levels (basic hum, no rotation sound). 3. MASTIF A. air jets B. actual.
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Mixed sound track from from the documentary film "Centrifuge Run". Gus Grissom describes the typical centrifuge run. Discussion of the blood pressure cuff. The couch is uncomfortable. A new device with bugs. John Glenn compares centrifuge runs for doctors. A comparison of altitude runs and sea level runs.
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(12/3/2001) Close-up red police light (rotating beacon), of interest to a general audience. Centrifuge (great footage). Laurel Clark ingress in Landing and Entry Suit. Time-coded view of Laurel Clark strapped in. Door close conversation with Laurel Clark about adaptation and effects on vestibular system. Good conversation with Laurel Clark about mission experiments. Laurel Clark talking about what it's like for your body when you come back from space.
Film Type: Color; Sound; MiniDV (SD)
Run Time: 0:27:00
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(Reel 1 of 2) The narrator describes the program. Robert Voas opening remarks. Gordon Cooper discusses with Robert Voas the use of the human centrifuge and the Project Mercury space suit problems that were discovered as a result of the centrifuge run. Recording of Deke Slayton using the human centrifuge to simulate the Project Mercury Redstone mission flight profile just a little bit better. Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Wally Shirra, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Gus Grissom and Robert Voas, training officer, all comment on what Project Mercury means to them as pilots, sometimes wax philosophical. Dr. Bill Douglas, flight surgeon, and Rod Higgins, spacecraft systems, and Virgil Gus Grissom discusses capsule attitude control modes. Robert Voas discusses different aspects humans on the mission reliability.
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(Reel 2 of 2) Robert Voas discusses the parachutes, man's role, autopilot, and role of man in the spacecraft. Unknown speaker discusses the Project Mercury space suits. A discussion of the Redstone missile (good for background on Huntsville, Alabama), fuel, control system and the mission of Redstone. John Glenn discusses training such as the human centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania, desert and sea survival training, across the board scientific training, the most demanding is the physical training and the constant study, everything you do has a sense of newness. On simulators, you try and put yourself in the same situation on launch day. The Project Mercury has a group of thousands of people working. We're (the astronauts) just the peak of national effort - cute elephant story. We're only the pinnacle of a big national effort. (ends around 13 minutes) picks up a centrifuge run with Gordon Cooper.
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United States. Army. Ordnance Department. Ordnance Research and Development Translation Center Search this
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Captured German Documents (World War II): Fort Eustis Library (FE) Microfilm, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0468, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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