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Just as I seemed to be alone in the cockpit
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Just as I seemed to be alonein the cockpit of the Friendship 7 spacecraft

just as I seemed to be alone
in the cockpit of the Friendship 7 spacecraft

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just as I seemed to be alone in the cockpit
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of the Friendship 7 spacecraft...
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:14:16
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
There were with me then and with me now, thousands of Americans, - The Real Right Stuff 00:18
There were with me then and with me now, thousands of Americ...
Thank you very much. - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
Thank you very much.
This flight was just the end of the beginning. - The Real Right Stuff 00:11
This flight was just the end of the beginning.
Donald Slayton, known as Deke, was replaced by M. Scott Carpenter, - The Real Right Stuff 00:10
Donald Slayton, known as Deke, was replaced by M. Scott Carp...
Okay, repeat after me, I went to a wonderful party. - The Real Right Stuff 00:17
Okay, repeat after me, I went to a wonderful party.
After a while, Rene didn't know whether - The Real Right Stuff 00:10
After a while, Rene didn't know whether
After the earlier successes of Shepard, Grissom, and Glenn, - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
After the earlier successes of Shepard, Grissom, and Glenn,
It required the pilot to do things we hadn't dared ask of his predecessors. - The Real Right Stuff 00:14
It required the pilot to do things we hadn't dared ask ...
Now, the astronaut's ready, and so is everything else. - The Real Right Stuff 00:11
Now, the astronaut's ready, and so is everything else.
Zero, ignition. Liftoff. - The Real Right Stuff 00:20
Zero, ignition. Liftoff.
Thorns. - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
Thorns.
The crowds at Grand Central New York - The Real Right Stuff 00:24
The crowds at Grand Central New York
Cronkite had been explaining Scott's fuel problem - The Real Right Stuff 00:17
Cronkite had been explaining Scott's fuel problem
They say they did not pick up any radar blips - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
They say they did not pick up any radar blips
It almost begs for interpretation as to what that could mean. - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
It almost begs for interpretation as to what that could mean...
There has not even been radar contact with the Aurora 7 since the last contact - The Real Right Stuff 00:15
There has not even been radar contact with the Aurora 7 sinc...
This is the worst chore this reporter ever went through, - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
This is the worst chore this reporter ever went through,
Uh, it would seem that even 200 miles would not be too far to pick up - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
Uh, it would seem that even 200 miles would not be too far t...
A US Navy P2V aircraft in the landing area - The Real Right Stuff 00:07
A US Navy P2V aircraft in the landing area
We do not have any further details at this time, - The Real Right Stuff 00:11
We do not have any further details at this time,