Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961
NASA-UAP-D014 · NASA · Jul 21, 1961 · audio · 0:26 · Release 2
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During the recovery of the fourth launch and second crewed spaceflight of Project Mercury, Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) Liberty Bell 7, the recovery team discusses a dye pack in the water that did not activate.
Transcript
00:00[static] [engine noise]
speaker 1They're calling us back.
speaker 1And this is flight control, we've got uh we've got oxygen on the line and water uh about uh 160 degrees. Uh the NH3 people suspect it's green(?) dye marker that just activated. Uh it's about uh 3/4 of a mile out. Spot the capsule uh after the lift off we can check on it.
The audio quality is poor with heavy static and engine noise.
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