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The retro packet
and the retrorockets we talk about are really brakes. John Glenn's capsule was in space
with the large blunt end, facing forward, and the retrorockets are
on that blunt end. And what they are, is they throw
some thrust out forward, slowing the capsule down,
and that reduces its speed below orbital velocity, and the capsule
starts to reenter the atmosphere. All right, roger,
retracting scope manually
and the retrorockets we talk about are really brakes. John Glenn's capsule was in space
with the large blunt end, facing forward, and the retrorockets are
on that blunt end. And what they are, is they throw
some thrust out forward, slowing the capsule down,
and that reduces its speed below orbital velocity, and the capsule
starts to reenter the atmosphere. All right, roger,
retracting scope manually
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The retro packet
and the retrorockets
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we talk about are really brakes.
00:00:05.087 --> 00:00:10.003
John Glenn's capsule was in space
with the large blunt end, facing forward,
00:00:10.001 --> 00:00:13.262
and the retrorockets are
on that blunt end.
00:00:13.721 --> 00:00:17.035
And what they are, is they throw
some thrust out forward,
00:00:17.558 --> 00:00:20.561
slowing the capsule down,
and that reduces its speed
00:00:20.645 --> 00:00:24.732
below orbital velocity, and the capsule
starts to reenter the atmosphere.
00:00:25.483 --> 00:00:27.203
All right, roger,
retracting scope manually.
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Movie Summary
Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
