The Mercury Capsule Ft. Homemade Documentaries: The Machine That Made The Men

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Join me and Homemade Documentaries as we highlight the first American manned spacecraft system, the Mercury spacecraft!

Jacksons incredible video on Project Mercury - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8iUg1O0fN4

Documentation: (Huge credit to Bob Andrepont for uploading his Scribd documents)

Familiarization Manual - https://www.scribd.com/document/43404287/Project-Mercury-Familiarization-Manual-1-May-1962

MA-8 Capsule 16 Specs - https://www.scribd.com/document/49362587/Mercury-Capsule-No-16-Configuration-Specification-MA-8

Life Support Details - https://www.scribd.com/document/49315377/Mercury-Life-Support-Systems

E.C.S. Development History - https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19670029737/downloads/19670029737.pdf

Project Mercury Timeline/Chronology - https://spacemedicineassociation.org/videos/Project%20Mercury-A%20Chronology-NASA%20SP-4001.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8

Video Credits:
Homemade Documentaries (he provided all the 4k btw, thank you dude!)
jonos138 (Mercury reentry CGI)
AstronautiCAST
RetroSpaceHD
LunarModule5
NASA
Space Resources
National Archives
Roberto Mastri
Popular Science
NasaHD
Charlie Dean Archives
A/V Geeks 16mm Films
The Launch Pad
GTIKAYAK
Varda Space Industries
misqumockas
skarovision
talachan
San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives

Music Credits (in order):
"Love Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST
"Galaxy Map Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST
"Main Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST
"Roam" - B52's
"Coward" - Interstellar Soundtrack
"Halo" - Original Halo Soundtrack
"Colours (instrumental)" - Maduk

Photo Credits:
Joe Bergeron (thumbnail art)
Matthew C. Hartman
Nick Stevens Graphics
Drew Ex Machina
heroicrelics
Historic Spacecraft
Wikipedia
Air Force Museum
Smithsonian
California Science Center
National Air and Space Museum
This Day In Aviation
NASA
Google
(apologies if I missed any source, let me know and I'll add you to the credits)

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
13:10 Mercury Redstone/Atlas
16:00 Design
25:36 Power
32:29 Instrumentation
41:18 Propulsion
49:25 Navigation & Control
57:13 Communication
1:07:20 E.C.S.
1:23:48 Other Mentions
1:29:04 Outro

Disclaimer: Many of my videos contain subjects and media that can be challenging to get a hold of, and sometimes related/sister craft footage must be used due to lack of available media. I do my best to make sure that information on Retro Rockets is accurate and up to date, but I am not a professional, and highly encourage the community to reach out to me for any corrections or errors I have made :). Content on Retro Rockets is presented with historical context in mind and for educational purposes.