Mercury Atlas 7 Launch | May 24 1962 | Scott Carpenter Orbits Earth

Video from the channel Manned Space about Mercury-Atlas 7, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 3:11. Language: English. Video type: Launch.

The video shows the liftoff of the MA-7 mission, in which Scott Carpenter flew in the Aurora 7 capsule atop an Atlas rocket. The footage is accompanied by just over three minutes of audio of communications between the pilot and ground control.

After the countdown, Carpenter notices the liftoff and the clock starting. He describes some vibration, a clear blue sky and a somewhat rough passage through maximum dynamic pressure around the first minute. He keeps reporting on cabin pressure, electrical consumption and that fuel and oxygen remain stable. At 1 min 30 s the sky turns black. Ground control confirms stage separation, with a peak of 6.3 g, and afterward the escape tower falls away.

At three minutes everything remains stable and the pilot states that his condition is good.