NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
NASA · 5/15/63 · Low Earth Orbit · Audio
NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 is indexed as a NASA record with incident date 5/15/63 and location Low Earth Orbit. During the final and longest flight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Atlas 9 mission (MA-9) Faith 7 Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. describes the brilliant blue of sunrise beneath the haze layer of the Earth s atmosphere. As he approaches sunrise, he describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft. Cooper describes observing fireflies after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights.
Notable / anomalous element
- Cooper describes observing fireflies after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights. (video metadata, no page)
Details
- These small luminescent particles drift 18 00:01:26,972 --> 00:01:30,269 away from you slowly and forward. (caption text, no page)
- Gordon Cooper Jr. describes the brilliant blue of sunrise beneath the haze layer of the Earth s atmosphere. (video metadata, no page)
- As he approaches sunrise, he describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft. (video metadata, no page)
- Cooper describes observing fireflies after deploying beacons, which are spherical mission-related equipment with xenon strobe lights. (video metadata, no page)
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