Synopsis
Presented by NASA, ALL SYSTEMS GO is a 26 minute film that was created in March, 1963 about the construction, testing, and documentation of the Gemini III Spacecraft. It also touches on the Project Mercury test launches and failures that resulted in the success of Gemini. The spacecraft shown in this film eventually culminated with the flight of Astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young. It ended up being the ninth manned United Space spaceflight under NASA's direct control, and was also the final manned flight that was controlled directly at the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, before eventually Mission Control functions were changed to a new center that was opened in the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. The film opens up with a description of Gemini III's spacecraft, and how the rocket was ultimately designed to be fitted with 2 astronauts at the top of the rocket in the crew module (the module at the top of the rocket is Gemini III). Film footage can be seen of both Gus Grissom and John Young preparing to enter the capsules for flight. However the film at the 1:00 minute mark pulls back to the scene at Cape Kennedy, showing people preparing to watch the rocket launch, and then to last-minute footage of training before the official launch can begin. At 1:50 however the film is predominately about the basic history of past rocket launches. The film starts by discussing the previous Mercury project, and how the failures and success have helped improve rocket…
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- Running time
- 26 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- NASA
- 1963
- project Gemini
- All Systems Go
- Project Mercury
- Stock Footage