# " AURORA 7 " 1962 NASA DOCUMENTARY PROJECT MERCURY SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM SCOTT CARPENTER XD6128

The NASA documentary tells the story of Scott Carpenter and the Aurora 7 Mission. The Aurora 7, a Mercury-Atlas 7 rocket, was piloted by the astronaut Scott Carpenter in May of 1962. Carpenter had a five-hour mission to photograph the Earth, and, amongst other things, study liquids in a weightless environment. The film was produced by NASA. It shows several different locations: the Cape Canaveral launch site, the NASA Goddard facility, and Guaymas Mexico. The Wilbur Wright Orville Wright building also appears in the beginning of the film. Various people from the NASA centers are shown in the film, but most notably are astronauts Alan B. Shepard, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter. The Wilbur Wright Orville Wright building appears in the background 0:33. The narrator starts at 0:38, comparing the birth of the Air Age at Kitty Hawk to the rocket and the Space Age. calling it “the symbol of the dawn of the age of man’s flight in space” 0:54. Newspaper spins into view at 1:40, showing the title “Flying Machine Soars 3 Miles In Sand Hills and Waves.” Allan B. Shepard is shown on screen entering the Freedom 7 spacecraft at 1:57. The rocket launches at 2:10. Astronaut John Glenn is shown entering the Friendship 7 at 2:53. The narrator explains that their mission was to prove that they could sustain life at orbital flight 2:57-58. Friendship 7 launches at 3:15. Astronaut Scott Carpenter is shown at 3:35. Carpenter is shown discussing his missions with a group of scientists 3:50. They…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/16jpye8DoTSKc7bGHF9T3d3StBih2a)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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