Mercury Atlas 7 - The Complete Flight of Aurora 7

The complete audio and visual record of astronaut Scott Carpenters May 24th 1962 three orbit spaceflight.

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Thanks in advance

All video/stills and audio NASA

This project would not have been possible without the following contributors:

Kris Stoever (Scott Carpenters daughter) - Thanks for the advice and support
Francis French - Thanks for your kind use of interviews you had with Scott
Steve Taylor - Thank you for your work on the launch and landing phases and for guiding me right with the KSP mods!
Paolo Mangili - For the Mercury Control graphics - awesome as always
Johannes Kemppanen - Thanks for your support and for checklists and pictures
JT- Homemeade Documentaries - Thanks or checking the content and all the support
Emily Carney and the wonderful Space Hipster Facebook Page
The Channel Posse - Your support and encouragement never fails to make me keep going!

Special Thanks:

The visuals, in form of the simulator shots are courtesy of the KSP community especially the following:

Cobalt Wolf, Zorg, Invaderchaos and the rest of the team for Bluedog Design Bureau. The Mercury Capsule & Atlas are Incredible!
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Its Just Luci - For EVO64K for Real Solar System, wonderful visuals and for bringing life to Aurora 7.
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Theysen - RSSVE for Realism Overhaul/RSS
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The Realism Overhaul community and the incredible work that has gone in to such a wonderful game changer of a mod.


It took Scott just over 4.5 hours to complete the USA's 2nd orbital spaceflight. It took me nearly 6 months to reconstruct the mission ! regards LM5

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