Freedom 7 Full Flight Animation

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On May 5, 1961, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American in space during a short suborbital hop to validate systems on the Mercury Spacecraft in preparation for orbital flights. While a success, the flight was slightly overshadowed by the Soviet Union's orbital flight manned by Yuri Gagarin less than a month earlier.
Shepard wouldn't fly into space again until 1971 when he became the 5th person to walk on the Moon as commander of Apollo 14.
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@NASASpaceflight 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Such bravery!

@Ovekz 3 жыл бұрын

@grantwells4491 3 жыл бұрын

@pxgiovanni 3 жыл бұрын

@FurkanDincerov 3 жыл бұрын

Hello

@cestall1 Жыл бұрын

For those that haven't seen a mercury capsule in a museum, they're not much bigger than the astronauts inside. It can fit into the bed of a pickup truck.

@MartinVisser 3 жыл бұрын

Alan's strained "OK" repetition as he endures the deceleration forces during re-entry makes it sound very real.

@arcosprey4811 3 жыл бұрын

Well it was what he was actually saying since its real audio lol

@MartinVisser 3 жыл бұрын

@@arcosprey4811 I guess I was pointing out how before this he was very relaxed and it was almost like he was following a straight forward and mundane procedure

@jaypaint4855 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah like the military never trains over 9g

@HowToSpacic 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaypaint4855 he pretty much did 12 albeit for only a few seconds.

@HenriFaust 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaypaint4855 The military does take their pilots higher than 9g on the ground to force them to pass out during training.

@floobertuber 3 жыл бұрын

"Ah, roger, liftoff and the clock has started." -- For a second there, I was thinking "was that Insprucker??!?"

@HylanderSB 3 жыл бұрын

Insbrucker is a bit of a bridge back to that era.

@arcosprey4811 3 жыл бұрын

@@HylanderSB his voice is very 50s i love every second of it

@TheTimTri 3 жыл бұрын

I had never heard Shepard’s voice transmission before, and I was so surprised by the great quality! Almost sounded like a reporter/journalist commentating over the launch, so calm and informative.

@gregsiska8599 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to the dialog, it's pure test pilot all the way, all business. Also; 11.66 G, ouch!

@zerstorer335 Ай бұрын

I think that sometimes, amidst the focus on him being the first American in space, it’s easy to forget that he was also testing and validating the systems, much like if he was testing a new airplane design.

@erikholmquist2583 3 жыл бұрын

I love how C-Bass made sure to include the washer floating in the cabin at 5:17. I love the fine details!

@HarrisonAdAstra 3 жыл бұрын

If you showed this to the people in charge of this program they would conclude that there were aliens with good cameras. Amazing work as always!

@boyman999 3 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely amazingly animated and done. I felt so immersed and had my heart pounding on that reentry. Great shots really felt like I was watching a documentary or movie. Well done!

@russs7574 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this when I was 5 years old...my Mom got me up early in the morning to watch. She was even cooler a year later, when I was in 1st grade, to call me off school so I could watch John Glenn blast off.

@k1productions87 3 жыл бұрын

Oh please please PLEASE make more of these. Of course you couldn't do full mission videos for anything other than Freedom 7 and Liberty Bell 7, but you could certainly do launch and mission highlights. And of course every single mission has a story that deserves to be told

@raulm1961 2 жыл бұрын

This took place exactly 61 years ago today. A month after I was born. I always wanted to hear the complete recording of the of this very historic event. Only 16min. of suborbital space flight but a very important step for the space program at that time. Thank you so much for this video. I was driving to work at 4:00 in the morning when I heard this on the radio and by sheer coincidence I discovered this channel tonight with your video about Freedom 7 and Alan Shepard. Again thank you and subscribed right away.

@hamzarahmani7219 2 жыл бұрын

So immersive and almost feeling what the astronaut is experiencing, especially the 11,6 G 😱. Great Job to you and those pioneers of the space exploration.

@valentinstrobel1791 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing as always

@juicygranolabar 3 жыл бұрын

You can hear Shepard's voice straining as the Gs build up on reentry. 8:58

@Basicbill 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. As someone who lived through and followed closely the early era of space exploration, I appreciate your video very much. Hope to see more.

@mayhem8166 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, I would have liked a modern day spaceX type of telemetry bar along the base but still excellent, thanks.

@hadorstapa Жыл бұрын

Hearing the actual voice recording I'm really impressed with the job Ted Levine did playing him on From the Earth to the Moon. His recreation of this flight in particular is spot-on.

@glennledrew8347 Жыл бұрын

A very nice sequence. I liked the fading of the exhaust plume as the ambient air pressure decreased. One technical quibble. The periscope view shown here resembled a monochrome TV display. In reality it's purely an optical instrument, like a wide angle monocular. The view would be as 'live' as the view through the porthole. It was surprising that, given the overall sophistication, there was no splash effect at all. The capsule was made to simply merge into the water without disturbance. On balance, a great simulation.

@CbassProductions Жыл бұрын

Alan Shepard's periscope did appear monochrome to him. He had inserted a filter over the periscope to cut out sun glare during the delays on the launch pad, but had forgotten to take the filter off prior to launch.

@elequique Жыл бұрын

Historical fact with some good animations, worthy of being placed in schools to remember the event. Seeing how everything happened in space makes it much better, the engineering of the time how it worked. Very good for you.

@martinstensvehagen9161 3 жыл бұрын

really great stuff! this is stuff that should go on a screen in a museum

@PopArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! THIS is how this historical event should be taught. No longer a story, but an *experience*!

@thomasdykstra100 Жыл бұрын

I was barely six years old...just right to tenderly begin a 12-year fascination with our space program!

@RobinClaassen 3 жыл бұрын

Jesus, he experienced 11.6 G's during re-entry?!

@dsdy1205 3 жыл бұрын

Suborbital reentries are usually loads more brutal than orbital ones, because you come in at a much steeper angle and encounter thicker air at a higher speed

@RobinClaassen 3 жыл бұрын

@@dsdy1205 Huh, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining that.

@dsdy1205 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobinClaassen Np! Another good example is the recent Soyuz failure and abort. Because the astronauts were on a high suborbital trajectory they clocked I think 12 G's on reentry. If you search "Scott Manley ballistic reentry" he has a good vid on the subject.

@GameplayReviewUK 3 жыл бұрын

I like how you can hear his tongue get 'heavier' :)

@valentinotera3244 2 жыл бұрын

Check " Gus Grissom struggles rentry" out

@oliversmith9200 Жыл бұрын

I was six and we watched all the coverage. I don't remember, but, we always watched the space coverage, and I remember Mercury capsule toys. This video gives a fantastic perspective. Wow!

@StrGzr101 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I was five years old when Dad woke us up to watch this launch. I remember the delays and being surprised when it was all over so quickly. But mostly I remember my dad and how excited he was. You gave me a moment. Be well.

@lewismassie 3 жыл бұрын

12:00 I've never seen the Mercury capsule with this before. Fantastic work

@CbassProductions 3 жыл бұрын

It's a really overlooked part of the Mercury flight profile, which is weird considering a faulty landing bag deploy signal is what caused concern about John Glenn's heat shield being loose.

@k1productions87 3 жыл бұрын

@@CbassProductions and probably why they no longer designed a landing bag into future spacecraft, faulty signal or not. I do know however that Glenn's flight was the catalyst that redefined the Flight Director role, making his word the word of God during a mission, to where nobody in NASA management, not even the President of the United States, can reverse a decision he makes in real time. An absolute necessity in Mission Control

@shlomster6256 3 жыл бұрын

Y'all do FREAKING AMAZING work! Beautifully animated, and edited.

@scottpcook Жыл бұрын

Stunning job. I have listened to that recording for over 50 years, but never really envisioned it until your animation. Good work.

@TaurusSpace 3 жыл бұрын

These animations are so good the effort put into them is amazing!

@MarcelHuguenin 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Corey, as always. Beautiful integration of then and now.

@heydj6857 Жыл бұрын

just brilliant, thanks so much for this.

@JoshLoweSpace 3 жыл бұрын

Amzing work as always!

@ConradSpoke Жыл бұрын

This was just awesome. That fifteen minute flight always struck me as sort of, well, trivial. This visualization makes it clear that it was a stunning experience.

@stevato0449 3 жыл бұрын

You nailed it, having the internal camera there is just genius. Great work!

@benclarke5914 11 ай бұрын

brilliant animation , thank you very much

@yafuker6046 Жыл бұрын

Wow- this explained a LOT! Great job!

@q1o2 Жыл бұрын

This channel is so underrated! Great stuff!

@GawainDragon 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! If you don't have an idea for a next video you could make a Gemini \ Agena mission or the Soyuz-Apollo mission.

@k1productions87 3 жыл бұрын

Gemini DEFINITELY needs more love

@libertycowboy2495 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding work. Sheppard later played golf on the moon. Not a Boy Scout like Glenn, but a hero of mine.

@MichaelClark-uw7ex Жыл бұрын

Excellent, I was a little kid when this happened and didn't see it. This is so nice to relive it in real time. Thank you.

@hamptonracing28 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely phenomenal work!! This is fantastic!!

@windmilldoc Жыл бұрын

Shepard was the first American in space and hung in for 10 years and was able to walk on the moon! It could only have been better if he had flown Apollo 17 in 1972 where he could have been the last Ameican on the moon for 50+ years.

@MrHichammohsen1 3 жыл бұрын

No way! Bro you are a God of animation! We appreciate you and thank you so much for this beautiful eye candy!

@StanleyCreative 3 жыл бұрын

So fantastic, loved every second of it! 🚀🤩

@stellarpod Жыл бұрын

Marvelous animation! As always, thanks much for sharing. Steve

@ShiftingDrifter Жыл бұрын

Exceptionally impressive visual effects! Just frick'n wow! Great job!

@matousjarolim2174 3 жыл бұрын

WOW, great work dude

@brandonhamilton833 Жыл бұрын

Why am i just now discovering this channel!?!?! Awesome work!!!

@oscarin13 3 жыл бұрын

That was an amazing recreation! Well done!

@leelack9691 3 жыл бұрын

Wow absolutely incredible, felt like I was in the capsule. Stunning work

@danoosterhous4933 3 жыл бұрын

Great job Corey, this is gives us new and amazing views of a breakthrough moment in US space history, thank you!

@florin2tube Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@ibluap 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent animation. I congratulate you for this work! 😀

@bill_ruppert 3 жыл бұрын

Mesmerizing. Thanks!

@SimonAmazingClarke Жыл бұрын

Superb video.

@yumazster 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant work my man👍

@murphylhunn 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done, i love your work!

@Pendo45 3 жыл бұрын

amazing work again

@fardadp2391 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks a lot

@MatthewCable 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Work!

@reyz360 3 жыл бұрын

hi matthew😆

@link8296 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job!

@bazoo513 Жыл бұрын

Marvelous!

@CScottWilly 3 жыл бұрын

Super job with the animation! congratulations.

@michaelhamilton3778 Ай бұрын

Well, he was flying for a little while … all by himself. I called that a success. Well done, freedom7. But man, that reentry…… “OUTCH AT 11.5 G’s” damn that’s a man for staying awake through that!

@TXPAScot Жыл бұрын

Excellently done!

@kpdwaroman 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Impressive. Thank you.

@walterappling6230 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyable. I remember that day. Nerve-wracking even for a kid during the wait after launch, trying to follow on TV.

@trentjohnson6989 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work!

@zackleake 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - well done!!

@doncolor3473 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great job 👍🏻💪🏻

@chrischeshire6528 Жыл бұрын

I remember it like it was yesterday.

@More-Space-In-Ear 3 жыл бұрын

Excellently done 👍🏼

@russs7574 Жыл бұрын

What I find interesting is that the astronauts that flew multiple missions said that this Redstone rocket and the Atlas beat the crap out of them a lot more than the Saturn V...several of them said that you could not believe how smooth flying the Saturn V was.

@buckit099 Жыл бұрын

Great work. Well Done.

@RayLRiv 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome animation. Well done.

@NB5468464 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredible

@InAMinMaths Жыл бұрын

Incredible work.

@RippanCSGO Жыл бұрын

Alan doing over 11g: "okey... okey". Such a a super human!

@HAL-xy3om Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@tommccallister Жыл бұрын

I saw a dummy Mercury capsule at the KSC when I visited in January and boy are they tiny. There was no way I could fit inside, let alone with a pressure suit. These astronauts were just built different.

@bobrunge7594 8 күн бұрын

Excellent!

@GaryW48 Жыл бұрын

Excellent animation!

@paulbriggs3072 18 күн бұрын

Excellent! (Might want to improve that splashless splash-down!)

@patrickradcliffe3837 Жыл бұрын

Amazing drone footage.

@irdial 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding.

@larryhack4038 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for creating such a great animation along with the inset of Shepherd. Fantastic! Great job.👍. 11.6 gees on reentry, wow!!! I second one of the other comments that was made. Please create a Gemini mission. That would be amazing.