# NASA 1966 APOLLO 1 MISSION, HL-10 LIFTING BODY, ATS SATELLITE LAUNCH 87174b

This color film produced by NASA, an Aeronautics and Space Report has five segments. The first is 3 Man Apollo (:29). The Apollo mission is to get man to the moon and back safely. The early Mercury and Gemini missions have advanced to the first 3-man crew (:32-:47). Shown are the Apollo 1 astronauts: command pilot Virgil Grissom, senior pilot Edward White, and Roger Chaffee board, ready to do final testing (:48- 1:45 ). \[A cabin fire during this launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967 will kill all three.\] The second segment is Zero “G” ( 1:45 ). Weightlessness is tested in various ways ( 1:46 - 2:08 ). The Zero-G facility is located at the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland ( 2:09 - 2:29 ). A vacuum chamber extending 510 feet below ground allows objects to be hurled up and fall back down, creating 10 seconds of weightlessness ( 2:30 - 2:54 ). Cameras record testing various liquids at 0-G ( 2:57 - 3:06 ). Segment three is Biosatellite ( 3:14 ). Biosatellites test how 0-G weightlessness affects biology, including cell division, plant growth, and radiation exposure. ( 3:15 - 3:37 ). NASA wanted these small biosatellite capsules to study such things as sleep, blood circulation, and brain activity. It included cells, eggs, plants, and a primate named Bonnie ( 3:39 - 4:20 ). \[While three biosatellites were launched between 1966 and 1969, the limited results resulted in the other planned missions to be cancelled.\] Segment four is Switchboard in the Sky ( 5:02 ). The first…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/87174bNASA3ManApolloNextAndSwitchboardInTheSky)
- 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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