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Results Of The First US Manned Orbital Space Flight

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This document presents the results of the first United States manned orbital space flight conducted on February 20, 1962. The prelaunch activities, spacecraft description , flight operations, flight data, and postflight analyses presented form a continuation of the information previously published for the two United States manned suborbital space flights conducted on May 5 , 1961, and July 21 , 1961 , respectively, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .

Author(s): NASA
Publisher: US Government Printing Office
Year: 1962

Language: English
Pages: 204
City: Washington DC
Tags: NASA Mercury Atlas John Glenn

Foreword
Operational Requirements and Plans
Spacecraft and Spacecraft Systems
Life Support Systems and Biomedical Instrumentation
Launch-complex Checkout and Launch Vehicle Systems
Spacecraft Preparations and Checkout
Flight Control and Flight Plan
Recovery Operations
Aeromedical Preparation and Results of Postflight Medical Examination
Physiological Responses of the Astronaut
Astronaut Preparations
Pilot Performance
Pilot's Flight Report
Summary of Results
Appendixes