Space Flight Around the Earth

Duration: 11

Year Published: 1963

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Shows pre-launch preparations, the launching, the space flight, and return to earth of a space capsule. Pictures the astronaut as he addresses in his space suit and enters the capsule on top of a rocket. Depicts the complexity of equipment needed to launch and control rocket and space ship. Pictures views of the earth as seen by the astronaut while he circles the globe in a 100 mile-high orbit. Shows re-entry, parachute opening, and safe landing.

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