I AMERICA COMPLETES SECOND STRAIGHT SUCCESSFUL
SUE-ORBITAL FLIGHT -
C-pe Canaveral, Fla.(AFPS)—Air Force Captain
Virgil I. Grissom (left) made it two for two for
America*s sub-orbital flight endeavors when he
vaulted across the frontier of space in another
Redstone boosted space ship. He was recovered
after a 5,280 m*p.h. ride in the Liberty Bell 7 1
capsule. 1
Astronaut Grissom rocketed 118 miles high and
landed in the Atlantic Ocean 303 miles down range
in a spine-tingling 15 minute journey. \
After being inside the spacecraft for 3bbotirs
and 22 minutes he was sent aloft in the 83-foot,
rocket on his sub-orbital mission. Inside the
capsule, Astronaut Grissom was pressed back again- .
st his contour couch by forces he said reached '6.
3/l0 times the pull of.gravity.
One hundred forty-one seconds after launch,tlhe :
bell-shaped, -nine-foot-tall capsule separatedfbom
the rocket, and the escape tower designed to puL.1
the spacecraft free from the.rocket in case of?
trouble was jettisoned.
Automatic controls then turned the capsule 1
• around slowly 180 degrees for reentry.
AF Captain Virgil I. Grissom
At the peak of the ballistic trajectory, the astronaut entered a weightiest
world for five minutes. v ■ ■ ■ ,
Through his 19-inch "picture window", he reproted seeing the East Coast off :
the United States but was unable to identify landmarks because of bright sun, ,
On landing, Astronaut Grissom climbed out of the Liberty Bell 7 and swan toe !.
a nearby rescue hoist of a Marine helicopter. Shortly after, the capsule fill— ;!
ed with water and sank in the Atlantic, President Kennedy telephoned his con — j
gratulations to Astronaut Grissom aboard the aircraft carrier Randolph,