Launch of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7)

[greenseaships]

-Don't cry too much

-Okee doke!

Gotta love it. I have a feeling if I could meet and talk to any one of the Mercury Astronauts, I would have enjoyed talking to Gus the most.

[365275]

He sounds calmer than I do when I'm walking down the street.. !

[faulknep1]

Exceptionally clear voice from the MR-4 pilot. Clearer than Capcom. Wonder if that was recovered audio tape from the spacecraft after it was brought up from the ocean bed. 

[mark1261]

Gus Grissom was the Dale Earnhardt of astronauts

[GriffithAMPS]

was that Al Shepard on CapCom?

[dylanbonnar]

Poor Gus got such the raw deal.

[titanic1234561]

@dylanbonnar i mint be realted to gus

[HungryEars]

Wow! Thanks for this video!

I was a kid during the Gemini and Apollo missions. Unfortunalely, I was too young to remember the Gemini missions, but I remember the Apollo missions fairly clearly, from Apollo 8 and on. I was absolutely captivated by it all. Ever since then I have been very interested in both the US and USSR/Russian space programs, and now commercial space flight.

It is a real treat to be able to see these images and hear the radio transmissions.

Thanks!

[aerobat150]

Great audio.... thanks for uploading this!