The View From Freedom 7 - First American in Space

[Hans Tucker]

The video, link below, is made from photographs taken by a film camera mounted to the Freedom 7 spacecraft and scanned by archivists at Johnson Space Center. It shows the view from Freedom 7 as the Redstone rocket launched it into space, getting an amazing view of Earth’s limb and the blackness beyond before falling back to splash down in the Atlantic.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A-hjgs_3mSc


http://tothemoon.ser.asu.edu/gallery/mercury/3#MR-3-13012-001

[Peter Ward]

I was lucky enough to have met Alan in 1988. We chatted for about 3-4 hours
(it was a long flight)

In his words " I was a balls-to-the-wall sort of guy in those days"

He kindly autographed a copy of Sky & Tel I'd picked up from a newstand in Los Angeles just the day before.

For me, a very fond memory indeed.

[Hans Tucker]

That meeting truly would have been an honour in my view..and a riveting 3-4 hour chat. I would have liked to know what his thoughts were on the change in technology from Mercury - Apollo. I love that era...shame I was too young to remember and appreciate it.