An investigation later etermined that the astronauts died in seconds from asphyxiation and that the fire spread trical and rapidly due to excessive come pure le material and the oxygen environment inside the cabin. Design also made rescue that crew ult and escape had not been adequately considered cbs news special report. This is mike wallace at the new york. Om in low cas first three apoll astronauts were trapped and launch pad test florida. Kennedy inat cape kenn chaffee roger that was a flash and it. The screen went blank, and he communication no from the astronauts. They died silently and apparently swiftly. Bodies have been left in he spacecraft according to the latest information from the cape pending an investigation into disaster. President johnson tonight mourned the death of the three astronauts saying they gave in the service of the nation. Our brave men in uniform weather seeking the frontiers of the future mourn loss ll of us the tragic of three gallant and dedicated airme
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In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon. Voyage have been a long and into a strange and airless world. He must carry with him a bit of his familiar environment. I am speaking to you from the man. Moon. This is a mockup of the lunar excursion module. Where nasa is testing and evaluating the performance of the apollo spacesuit. It is actually encapsulating a and it may not be a novel idea. Applied to going up and , we got a much later start. The man found he was checking beyond his natural reach. A man flying high speed military planes required antiforce. The spacee move into age, these two problems being relatively tame measured against the support systems. Out about the systems that will be used to protect here at theed command space center. A couple of our earlier of the owlgot rid schappert suits. Couple of the interesting thing about this suit is are there any movable joints in this. Achieved by as clever tailoring. You can see that it has been sewn in
This episode traces the evolution of spacesuits beginning with the Mercury Program and looking at a live support system prototype needed for the apollo moon missions. In less than five years, an astronaut will be stepping out on the moon to conduct mans first real exploration of our oldest satellite. It will have been a long voyage , carrying him far from his native land by effort into a strange and airless world. To survive he must carry with , him a bit of his familiar environment. Buyer engineers are designing a spacesuit that will support astronauts on a roundtrip lunar mission. That is coming up today on science reporters. Hello, i am john fitch, m. I. T. Science reporters feeding to you from the moon, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. It is actually a lunar landscape mockup of the lunar excursion module from the Houston Command Center where the National Aeronautics and Space Administration are testing and evaluating the performance of the apollo spacesuit. Manally, encapsulating
Many americans and it is a pleasure to be able to tell her story about her life and her flying career in this exhibition here at the National Portrait gallery. So thank you so very much for joining us here at the museum today. The Smithsonian National air and space museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary today. Join us starting at 6 00 p. M. Eastern when well be live from the museum taking your calls and questions about aviation and space history. Thats today at 6 00 p. M. Here on American History tv on cspan3. Each week, American History tvs reel america brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 45 years ago, on april 11th, 1970, apollo 13 blasted off in what was to be the third nasa mission to land men on the moon. Next, a 1970 nasa documentary about the crisis which nearly left the three apollo 13 astronauts stranded in space. This little tape recorder has been a big benefit to us in passing the time in our transit to the moon, and its rather odd to