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The Real Right Stuff

We've heard that phrase so many timesbefore, but I don't know any circumstance to which is...

We've heard that phrase so many times
before, but I don't know any circumstance to which is applies quite like this. Status check, pressurization? Go. LOX tanking? I have a
blinking, high-level light? - You are Go!
- Umbilical retract now? - Range operations?
- Go, clear to launch. - Mercury capsule?
- Go! Fifteen seconds. Good Lord
riding all the way. Godspeed, John Glenn. Moving past 30 seconds
into the countdown. Ten seconds and counting. - T-minus ten seconds.
- Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three two, one, zero, ignition. Liftoff. Liftoff!

Full Transcript

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We've heard that phrase so many times before, but I don't know any circumstance
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to which is applies quite like this.
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Status check, pressurization?
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Go. LOX tanking? I have a blinking, high-level light?
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- You are Go! - Umbilical retract now?
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- Range operations? - Go, clear to launch.
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- Mercury capsule? - Go!
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Fifteen seconds. Good Lord riding all the way. Godspeed, John Glenn.
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Moving past 30 seconds into the countdown.
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Ten seconds and counting.
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- T-minus ten seconds. - Ten, nine, eight, seven,
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six, five, four, three
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two, one, zero, ignition.
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Liftoff. Liftoff!
Duration
44 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:17
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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Movie Summary

Follow the story of the first American astronauts in space in this National Geographic documentary.
The Atlas missile has lifted off from the pad, - The Real Right Stuff 00:06
The Atlas missile has lifted off from the pad,
As John Glenn Jr. has begun his first orbital ride around the Earth. - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
As John Glenn Jr. has begun his first orbital ride around th...
As the spacecraft moved out of sight from Florida, - The Real Right Stuff 00:19
As the spacecraft moved out of sight from Florida,
Exactly one hour and three minutes ago, - The Real Right Stuff 00:14
Exactly one hour and three minutes ago,
Did you ever show up for work today? - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
Did you ever show up for work today?
Uh, this is Friendship 7, I'll try to describe what I'm in here. - The Real Right Stuff 00:35
Uh, this is Friendship 7, I'll try to describe what I&#...
But were they coming from the capsule? - The Real Right Stuff 00:04
But were they coming from the capsule?
They swirled around his capsule like tiny weightless diamonds, - The Real Right Stuff 00:14
They swirled around his capsule like tiny weightless diamond...
Flight from data reduction. - The Real Right Stuff 00:04
Flight from data reduction.
Uh, Friendship 7, uh, we have been reading, uh, - The Real Right Stuff 00:11
Uh, Friendship 7, uh, we have been reading, uh,
If the landing bag had deployed, and there was no way - The Real Right Stuff 00:57
If the landing bag had deployed, and there was no way
Can you give him that message please, Linus? - The Real Right Stuff 00:25
Can you give him that message please, Linus?
There had been some trouble with the heat shield equipment - The Real Right Stuff 00:26
There had been some trouble with the heat shield equipment
The retro packet and the retrorockets - The Real Right Stuff 00:27
The retro packet and the retrorockets
He is in good condition, and preparing to fire those retrorockets - The Real Right Stuff 00:22
He is in good condition, and preparing to fire those retroro...
Uh, Seven, this is Cape. Over. - The Real Right Stuff 00:07
Uh, Seven, this is Cape. Over.
Friendship 7 spacecraft is now encountering the atmosphere - The Real Right Stuff 00:20
Friendship 7 spacecraft is now encountering the atmosphere
The Mercury spacecraft is in its reentry process at this time. - The Real Right Stuff 00:22
The Mercury spacecraft is in its reentry process at this tim...
We have not yet seen any sign of the drogue parachute, - The Real Right Stuff 00:09
We have not yet seen any sign of the drogue parachute,
The chute is on green, chute is out in reef condition - The Real Right Stuff 00:08
The chute is on green, chute is out in reef condition