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Virgil Grissom is the astronaut. Do you have any difficulty convincingyourself that you...

Virgil Grissom is the astronaut. Do you have any difficulty convincing
yourself that you might actually see the world go by like that someday? I really don't sit in the trainer
and think about myself being 100 miles above the Earth

Full Transcript

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Virgil Grissom is the astronaut.
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Do you have any difficulty convincing yourself that you might actually
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see the world go by like that someday?
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I really don't sit in the trainer and think about myself
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being 100 miles above the Earth.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:22
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
I'm occupied with the control task and this is the thing that - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
I'm occupied with the control task and this is the thin...
And here we are back at ABC News headquarters - The Real Right Stuff 00:18
And here we are back at ABC News headquarters
Periscope has retracted. - The Real Right Stuff 00:21
Periscope has retracted.
All systems are go, and Gus Grissom sounds - The Real Right Stuff 00:16
All systems are go, and Gus Grissom sounds
Six seventeen into the flight. - The Real Right Stuff 00:16
Six seventeen into the flight.
Flight Surgeon reports that Gus Grissom came through - The Real Right Stuff 00:07
Flight Surgeon reports that Gus Grissom came through
Now, we're advised that as a result of communications - The Real Right Stuff 00:14
Now, we're advised that as a result of communications
The astronaut, Virgil Grissom, is out of the capsule, - The Real Right Stuff 00:05
The astronaut, Virgil Grissom, is out of the capsule,
The capsule itself is apparently sinking lower into the water... - The Real Right Stuff 00:15
The capsule itself is apparently sinking lower into the wate...
The helicopter is holding up the capsule itself. - The Real Right Stuff 00:30
The helicopter is holding up the capsule itself.
The capsule has dropped. - The Real Right Stuff 00:13
The capsule has dropped.
By this time, Grissom was nearly drowning. - The Real Right Stuff 00:07
By this time, Grissom was nearly drowning.
They're making an attempt to get a cable to Virgil Grissom. - The Real Right Stuff 00:04
They're making an attempt to get a cable to Virgil Gris...
And it looks like Grissom is coming up now, it looks like Grissom is coming up - The Real Right Stuff 00:12
And it looks like Grissom is coming up now, it looks like Gr...
And Grissom is safe and sound in the helicopter after his dunking - The Real Right Stuff 00:07
And Grissom is safe and sound in the helicopter after his du...
To recap briefly, we have had a second successful launching - The Real Right Stuff 00:47
To recap briefly, we have had a second successful launching
He was not about to let the second flight of his new administration - The Real Right Stuff 00:13
He was not about to let the second flight of his new adminis...
I started my, uh, pitch and yaw movement - The Real Right Stuff 00:11
I started my, uh, pitch and yaw movement
What happened to the inflatable, uh, life raft, Gus? - The Real Right Stuff 00:05
What happened to the inflatable, uh, life raft, Gus?
Did you have to get out too fast for that, or what's the procedure? - The Real Right Stuff 00:04
Did you have to get out too fast for that, or what's th...