A6 THE EVENING STAR 0 C Novemker 29 J 961 MERCURY Capsule Circled Earth Twice Before Being Brought Down Continued From Pace Al inc areas had been calculated In emergencies At 116 pm the Cape Ca naveral tracking station re ported receiving sgnals from the reentering capsule which indicated that the chimp was in good condition At 132 pm Col Powers an nounced The NASA primatecarry ing spacecraft touched down at about 128 pm approximately 500 miles south of Bermuda Two destroyers were on the way to rec ver the floating cap sule Col Powers said Capsule Afloat At 137 pm an airplane re ported that the capsule was in the water and apparently float ing Well The animals first hour in orbit apparently was passed very satisfactorily A summary of data on his condition showed that his heart was beating at a rate between 105 and 120 per minute compared with a normal of about 85 The peak heartbeat rate was 150 at the time of maximum acceleration just after launching Ertas was breathing at a rate between 20 and 25 per minute not aignificantly higher than his average rate of 20 The peak breathing rate also at tained

National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) space flight tracking and data network station, Bermuda.

Use of NASA tracking station on Bermuda by USA.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as research in aeronautics and space. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NASA operates ten field centers across the US and is organized into three mission directorates: Human Spaceflight, Research and Technology, and Scien The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as research in aeronautics and space. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., NASA operates ten field centers across the US and is organized into three mission directorates: Human Spaceflight, Research and Technology, and Science. Established in 1958 amid the Space Race, NASA succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the US space program a distinct civilian orientation focused on peaceful applications. Since then, it has led most American spaceflight programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the Apollo program, Skylab, the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station (ISS), and the ongoing multi-national Artemis program. NASA maintains extensive ground and communications infrastructure, including the Deep Space Network and the Near Earth Network. Its science programs focus on Earth observation through the Earth Observing System, heliophysics research, Solar System exploration with robotic missions such as New Horizons and the Perseverance rover, and astrophysics investigations using space-based observatories including the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. The Launch Services Program oversees operations for uncrewed launches. The agency supports the ISS through international partnerships and highly successful commercial initiatives, such as the Commercial… Plans for human spaceflight began within the US Armed Forces prior to NASA's creation. The Air Force's Man in Space Soonest project formed in 1956, coupled with the Army's Project Adam, serving as the foundation for Project Mercury. NASA established the Space Task Group to manage the program, which conducted crewed suborbital flights with the Army's Redstone rockets and orbital flights with the Air Force's Atlas launch vehicles. While NASA originally intended for its first astronauts to be civilians, President Eisenhower directed that they be selected from the military. The Mercury 7 astronauts included three Air Force pilots, three Navy aviators, and one Marine Corps pilot.

Worldwide Net Gets Final Checks To Protect Orbiting U S Astronaut By WILLIAM HINES Star Science Writer CAPE CANAVERAL Fla Jan 22Communications ex perts began their final check outs today on the most elabo rate specialpurpose network ever devised The 95 million net stretches diagonally across the earths midriff from Cape Canaveral to Australia and back over the South Pacific and the North American continent It has but one reason for existence The safety of the Mercury astro naut and the success of his mission Sixteen finely trained ground crews will be riding with Col Glenn metaphorically speak ing when he orbits the earth As he hurtles through space at nearly 300 miles a minute the crews will be monitoring his condition and that of his tiny spacecraft Key Coast Areas Key centers for Project Mer cury are clustered around the East and West Coasts of the United States and in the mid Atlantic These are the stations that will launch Col Glenn and bring him back to earth rou tinely or in an emergency But for the key stations to operate effectively the Mercury controllers must know the con dition of the pilot and ship at every moment As

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582562 The Mercury Control Center (also known as Building 1385 or simply MCC) was the facility responsible for control and coordination of NASA’s Project The Mercury Control Center (also known as Building 1385 or simply MCC) was the facility responsible for control and coordination of NASA’s Project Mercury flight operations, as well as the first three Project Gemini missions (the first two uncrewed). It was located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, east of Samuel C. Phillips Parkway. The facility was expanded in 1963 by contractor Pan America The Mercury Control Center (also known as Building 1385 or simply MCC) was the facility responsible for control and coordination of NASA’s Project Mercury flight operations, as well as the first three Project Gemini missions (the first two uncrewed). It was located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, east of Samuel C. Phillips Parkway. The facility was expanded in 1963 by contractor Pan American World Airways to support Project Gemini, adding meeting space, data analysis areas, and a Gemini spacecraft trainer. As mission requirements grew more complex during Gemini and the Apollo program, flight control operations were transferred to the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas. The MCC remained in use for training and meetings, and was opened to public tours on June 1, 1967, continuing in that role through the mid-1990s.