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The Right Stuff (1983) "The Right Stuff" is a critically acclaimed movie released in 1983, directed by Philip Kaufman.

The Right Stuff (1983)

"The Right Stuff" is a critically acclaimed movie released in 1983, directed by Philip Kaufman. Based on the novel by Tom Wolfe, the film delves into the early days of the United States' space program and the courageous men, known as the Mercury Seven, who became the pioneers of space exploration.

The cast features an impressive ensemble of talented actors, including Ed Harris as John Glenn, Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager, Dennis Quaid as Gordo Cooper, Fred Ward as Gus Grissom, and many more. Their performances brilliantly capture the spirit and determination of these real-life heroes, revealing the trials and triumphs they faced in their pursuit of reaching the stars.

"The Right Stuff" portrays the intense training and events leading up to the historic first American human spaceflight, shedding light on the personal sacrifices and the competitive nature amongst the astronauts. The film offers a gripping and authentic portrayal of this pivotal era in space exploration and the indomitable human spirit that drove these men to defy the limits of Earth.

You can experience the exhilarating sounds and drama of "The Right Stuff" by playing and downloading its iconic soundtrack here.

A capsule. Now, we will be in full control of this pod.
A chimp. A chimpanzee, senator. An ape.
A day? A whole day'?
A Dot?
A drink for Mr. Yeager.
A hatch with explosive bolts on the spacecraft.
A horse threw me last night and I dinged up my goddamn ribs.
A lonely beacon of restraint...
A month.
A more manageable type. it will only complicate things.
A pod.
A prehistoric throwback of an airfield called Edwards.
A shower of them coming by now.
A tough one.
A week?
Aborigines, eh?
About keeping our pants zipped and our wicks dry.
After a long...
After hours I'll run. I'm going to get up to five miles a day.
After that, they don't care, until the next magic number.
After the mission's success...
After they pick us three, there's only gonna be four spots.
Afternoon.
Ah.
Ahem. Uh... Uh...
Aircraft on ramp, did you file a flight plan?
Alan had four cups of coffee before he went to work today.
Alan Shepard.
Alert all ground crews.
All Air Force pilots go in that door.
All of Perth and Rockingham have turned their lights on for you.
All right, give them a break.
All right, here we go again.
All right, you can be Gus.
All right.
All systems go.
All the time. It's a mess.
All they want now is capsules up in outer space.
All this waiting is driving me crazy.
All those years of test flying...
All we got here is your local gentry, and, uh...
Almost 1500 miles per hour...
Amen
America's Mercury astronauts!
An engineer will tell you it's an absolute...
And a few other lights...
And Alan Shepard sits there patiently waiting.
And as I was saying...
And for a brief moment...
And forgoing any orderly family life.
And he know the Milky Way.
And he sang as he watched And waited till his billy boil
And here they come.
And his partner...
And hold this like this.
And I only have eyes
And I think that we would be most remiss in our duty indeed...
And I will back you up 100 percent, and you tell them that. Okay?
And I'll be talking to him on that dish.
And men came to the high desert of California to ride it.
And self sacrifice in a squall of car crazies.
And some peckerwood's got to land it.
And that peckerwood is called a pilot.
And the rest of the day. Tomorrow too.
And there will be pitch and yaw thrusters to enable the occupant
And there's a comradeship of speed.
And they are much more cooperative.
And this generation does not intend...
And while they were dancin'
And yet out here sits a rocket, waiting in the night.
And you guys too.
And you'll never catch me.
And your pudknockers who dream about getting the hot planes.
And, by golly, my kids are too, 100 percent.
And, uh, the press over there...
Annie?
Anybody goes up in the damn thing's gonna be Spam in a can.
Anybody tries to break it will auger in.
Anyone got clearance?
Anyway, they're all here, including the, uh, ace of aces himself.
Are we going to the White House?
Are you listening?
Are you ready to come in and hook on?
Are you sure the Navy's got good pilots?
As far as church goes, I attend regularly.
As far as I'm concerned, they are not coming in.
As long as a man uses good sense...
As press liaison man for the Air Force, I think
As you were.
As you'll see, they're quite comfortable in conditions of flame.
Ask Pancho.
Astronaut pilot.
At 'em boys Give 'er the gun
Automatic systems are not functioning. He's in fly by wire
Be with them always
Besides, they seem a little too independent.
BETTY Men...
Boy, if we'd only had one of those a few years back.
Bring it on in.
Buenos dias, yourself.
But I guess I liked it.
But I kept after her, Eddie.
But I never could stand a man who was one of those, um, remember whens.
But if this fails...
But look at them out there. They're eating it up.
But Mach 2 was the magic number.
But on that glorious day in May, 1963...
But the war's over.
But they all disappear
But they are treating me like I'm...
But they don't spend a penny teaching you how to be...
But they owe me too.
But they're our allies.
But we're not saying anything new.
But when they all come out...
But, uh, since, as you say, this sound barrier doesn't really exist...
By combining our available rockets...
By order of the president of the United States...
Can I talk to you?
Can you help me out? It's an emergency.
Can you read me?
Can you tell us if any of you go to church regularly?
Can you tell us what's that song?
Can't be done.
Can't hide from me, girl!
Canceled?
Captain Ham.
Charm, Hot Dog. Pure charm.
Check your status lights.
Christ Almighty.
Chuck, you're our man!
Climbing high into the sun
Come back here!
Come here.
Come in, Chuck.
Come on back here!
Come on now, you're scaring the girls.
Come on, baby. Come on, baby.
Come on, cheer up.
Come on, come on, come on. Yeah. Go on.
Come on, come on.
Come on, Gus, cut it out. What the hell...?
Come on, Slick, give us a break.
Come on, Trudy. Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
Come on, tsk, tsk. Hyah, hyah. Come on, come on, come on. Go.
Come on. Come on, come on, come on. Run, run, run. Go on.
Compliments of Pancho's, Scotty.
Congratulations from a previous record holder...
Congratulations from a previous record holder...
Cook?
Could be. I'm still going upstairs like a bat out of hell.
Could I ask you something?
Could our astronomers have been wrong?
Could we have beaten the Russians?
Count me in.
Coverage?
Cutthroat?
Damn right. They better tell her to play ball.
Damn! He's uncorked it.
Dear Lord, please don't let me fuck up.
Deke Slayton.
Deke, that's 62 men in the last...
Delta Charlie 9, you are clear to land...
Did I say something wrong?
Did you ever have a problem like that when you were 10?
Did you file a flight plan?
Did you finally get her to notice you?
Didn't you tell her I'll bring in ABC TV...
Do it in the suit.
Do you have a reason for this?
Do you know what makes this bird go up?
Do you read?
Do you think I'm a Dudley Doright?
Do you think they could be alive?
Do you? Yeah?
Does he look like he'd put doo doo in the capsule?
Don't put your fingers in there.
Don't you agree, Deke?
D****s, please.
Each man here has volunteered to do a job...
Each man knows that whoever survives this competition...
Eddie Hodges.
Eight.
Especially when it's on TV.
Even before Mr. Clean, the Marine.
Even before you hit Mach 2, she'll be unforgiving on you.
Every time somebody goes faster, he just goes up again.
Everybody's always trying to...
Everything is A okay.
Exactly.
Excuse me, you John Glenn?
Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Explosive hatches have been on jet fighters for 10 years.
Fair enough.
Fair enough.
Faster!
Fellow, I said how's that?
Fellow, I said how's that?
Finally showed up.
First fellow to break the sound barrier...
Folks have a taste for things that have been there.
Following distribution of the kits, those of you who have p.m. deadlines...
For example...
For those in peril
For those in peril
For us, the question still remains:
For you
For you
Forget about Walker and Crossfield and the other civilian pilots too.
Forget it, flyboy.
Forget it, sweetie.
Forget the fucking capsule!
Four down, three to go.
Four years later...
Four, three, two, one, zero.
Freon flow jumping from...
Fresh start.
Friendship 7, come in please.
Friendship 7, come in, please.
Friendship 7, come in.
Friendship 7, come in. Do you read?
Friendship 7, this is Cape. Do you read?
From view
Fucking A, Bubba.
Fucking A, Bubba.
Full moon rising.
Funding makes this bird go up.
Funding. That's what makes them go up.
Get back from the door. I don't know.
Get NASA on the line.
Get out of here, you gadgets.
Get out of here.
Get that guy off.
Get that moron off of there!
Get your ass over here and have a drink.
Getting wobbly, here.
Give me that.
Gladiolas!
Glenn is in his third orbit...
Glennis!
Go away.
Go get them, Deke.
Go, Hot Dog, go!
Go.
God.
God.
Going out of sight...
Gonzales.
Good day, commander.
Good golly, Miss Molly
Good idea, John.
Good Lord, ride all the way. God speed, John Glenn.
Good men.
Good one. Now fire it in here.
Good, good, good.
Gordo thinks he's one of those hot dog pilots you hear about.
Gordo!
Gordo?
Gordo?
Gordo.
Gordo.
Got seven seconds on 150 right now.
Got someone up there.
Great.
Grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato.
Grissom has just reached the apex of his flight.
Guess they think I'm kind of a...
Gus Grissom.
Gus is saying that we're missing the point.
Gus is saying...
Gus is saying...
Gus is saying...
Gus, do you feel the trip was a success?
Gus, I got this whole thing figured out.
Gus, I mean are these the goodies?
Gus? An astronaut named Gus?
Gus.
Ha ha ha. Whoa. Sorry, little lady.
Ha!
Half these engineers never been off the ground.
Happily?
Harry Hairshirt.
Have a good ride, buddy. Go.
Have I ever let you down?
Have you seen this Jose Jimenez? He's a crack up.
He bought the farm.
He can float in that suit.
He didn't go to college. We're only taking college personnel.
He doesn't want the Astronauts' image tarnished.
He has re entered the earth's atmosphere...
He is shouting to save the capsule first.
He know the moon.
He know.
He lived behind a barrier through which they said no man could ever pass.
He loves Ed Sullivan.
He must be going for a record.
He says everything is A okay. And there you have it.
He scorched that one, didn't he?
He screwed the pooch. Plain and simple.
He stays the fastest man alive.
He surely is. Light the candle.
He was dead before he went up. Don't talk about it here.
He was the last American ever to go into space alone.
He will be re entering the atmosphere now.
He'll burn up.
He'll fry if he tries to re enter.
He'll give you a hand.
He's a natural born stick and rudder man.
He's a pilot. Tell him the condition of his craft.
He's asking for you again.
He's coming.
He's going into his third orbit.
He's in the ionization blackout.
He's not dumb.
He's orbiting over our country right now.
He's over there.
He's pushing the outside of the envelope.
He's real philosophical.
He's right. Let's light this candle.
He's shooting for Mach 2.
Heading into daybreak now. Another day.
Heading towards daybreak.
Heh, heh. Whoa.
Hello, Cap Com, do you read me? This is miraculous.
Hello, Cap Com?
Hello, Friendship 7?
Help! Throw down the line!
Her words, and mine, will be heard by millions.
Here he is.
Here I am, I got $25,000 a year for a magazine contract...
Here it is. I'll get it.
Here they come Zooming to meet our thunder
Here we go.
Here, hold this.
Heroism and bravery are part of it. But, uh, there's more to it.
Hey, Chuck, you got her now, buddy.
Hey, cut out the humming in there.
Hey, guys.
Hey, have I ever let you down?
Hey, honey.
Hey, Hot Dog, what the hell's “astronaut mean anyway?
Hey, Hot Dog. Listen.
Hey, I'm sinking!
Hey, look.
Hey, look. They filled up the refrigerator.
Hey, Ridley?
Hey! Ha ha ha.
Hey.
Hey. Hey. Down.
Hi there, pops.
Hi, doc.
Hi, little gal. Damned glad to meet you too.
Hi.
Hit a mild buffet there.
Hit a mild buffet there.
Hmm.
Hmm.
Holding him back.
Holy shit.
Hon, we're a team!
Honey, you ever been caught on the desert alone?
How am I doing?
How bad you dent them?
How close did you ever come to not hauling it back?
How come a fancy pilot...
How do you feel about this trip?
How dog eat dog and cutthroat it was...
How much are you paying him?
How much do they make?
How much longer are you going to keep him in the dark?
How much you got?
How much?
How the hell did they get ahead of us?
How'd it get a name like that?
How'd you get to go up there before me?
How's it going, Gonzales?
How's that?
Howdy.
Huh?
Huh?
Huh?
Humming. It's him.
Hunt Club 1. Roger.
I absolutely agree with Gordo.
I advise you not to try to foist your moral views...
I ain't doing anymore.
I always hated all that talk about insurance.
I always hated all that talk about insurance.
I always take a blast before I take off.
I am the chief astronaut of the United States interplan
I believe I will.
I believe you are placed on earth...
I bet for all that money they could call you Virgil.
I can almost touch it.
I can get one of those from a dime store.
I can see clear back, a big cloud pattern, towards the Cape.
I can see lights...
I can see this afternoon shaping up just great.
I didn't do anything wrong!
I didn't do anything.
I didn't hear you.
I didn't say that.
I do not think they were coming from my control jets.
I don't believe the damn thing even exists.
I don't believe this.
I don't either.
I don't get it.
I don't get this. Sending us down here disguised as civilians.
I don't hold with it.
I don't think any of us could do something like this...
I don't want Johnson or the others to even put a toe in our house.
I don't want this program put in a bad light.
I feel like I broke a couple of the sons of bitches.
I get a feeling this plane might be able to beat that Russian record.
I get it. She's Mrs. Clean Marine.
I got a little problem.
I got you something.
I guess that demon lives out at about 2.3 on your Mach meter.
I guess we're, um, both here for the same reason.
I guess you're too shy to tell this guy howl used to wax your tail.
I had a good time doing them.
I had a little accident.
I had in mind a jimp.
I have to urinate.
I hear they got some 50 some guys trying out for seven spots.
I heard an awful lot of good things about you gals.
I introduced her to my loved one
I know that.
I know. I know, I know.
I like the sound of that.
I liked a girl in my class, but...
I love you.
I mean it.
I mean it. Thank you.
I mean we.
I might have me a stick.
I might.
I move up, you move up. Right to the top of the pyramid.
I need to borrow your broom handle. Just hold this right here.
I need you, Trudy.
I never realized...
I never saw anything like it.
I only have eyes
I plan to be the first man to ride the rocket.
I recognize you from those TV shows. I like them.
I remember the night
I run the show here.
I said it'll be dangerous.
I said lab rabbits.
I said, everything's A okay.
I said, pictures on a wall, back at some place that...
I said, what would happen if it did?
I see you have your space equipment with you.
I surely do.
I think he was wonderful.
I think it's $283.
I think that we are all very, very fortunate...
I think that'll work.
I think we ought to be...
I think we'll be able to talk...
I think you're gonna make it. I think you're gonna be an astronaut.
I think:
I thought Hank Williams wrote Waltzing Matilda.
I thought only I had nightmares.
I want test pilots.
I wanted to talk to Jackie about...
I was just lying there, flat on my back, and it just blew.
I was just lying there.
I was looking at the pictures on your wall.
I went East for a reunion...
I will go in and console her on nationwide TV.
I wish to heck it wasn't off limits to wives.
I wonder how the press will feel about this.
I wondered how they would have felt...
I, for one, do not intend to go to sleep...
I'd like to know whether your wives and children...
I'd like to meet your wife.
I'd like to, uh, second some of the things Mr. Glenn has said here.
I'd like you to meet Alan Shepard.
I'll be right back.
I'll be there.
I'll drink to that.
I'll give you one of these dimes I'm taking up so you can play with it...
I'll have mine medium rare, please.
I'll line up as carefully as I can in a minute.
I'll look like the Galloping Ghost.
I'll open the box a little so you can see.
I'll open the box a little so you can see.
I'll pay her a sympathy call.
I'll talk to you soon.
I'll tell you one thing.
I'll tell you something.
I'll tell you something.
I'll tell you what.
I'll tell you.
I'm a fearless man, but I'm scared to death of you.
I'm cooler than you are. Fix your problems and light this candle.
I'm down to 25,000 over Tehachapi.
I'm fighting bad here.
I'm from Life magazine. I'm not with these people.
I'm getting okay now.
I'm going home to my folks in San Diego.
I'm going home to my folks in San Diego.
I'm going to the Cape tomorrow.
I'm going to the moon, I swear to God, I'm on my way.
I'm gonna get you now, girl.
I'm gonna get you.
I'm half jackrabbit.
I'm in a mass of very small particles...
I'm leaving, Gordo.
I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.
I'm pushing the envelope.
I'm ready when you are, John, 100 percent.
I'm so proud of him.
I'm sure we can do better with another type of man...
I'm taking her up to wring her out a bit. Any objections?
I'm taking these up with me tomorrow.
I'm talking about a whole new ball game.
I'm talking about playing around.
I'm talking about the young girls...
I'm tired of being forthright, gracious, and magnanimous.
I'm tired of smocks, of engineers telling us what we can't do...
I'm tired of stupid questions from the press.
I've got you in sight.
I've seen a lot of them, and most of them were pictures on a wall
If I ever see that happen...
If I get stuck, you mind coming in and helping me out a little bit?
If it comes off
If it's what I want to do, she's behind it.
If the capsule is not at the correct angle...
If the Soviets ever do put a man up there, it will be one of these two.
If the story would come out in the press...
If there is any beyond.
If these guys find out, they'll use somebody else to fly this thing.
If we play our cards right, we go to the top.
If you don't want the vice president...
If you're ready for me to blow the hatch...
In darkening storms
In the air
In the air
In the air
In the air stage, we were powerful because we had the airplane.
In the sky
In these three weeks since Gagarin's surprise flight...
Inside this trim, modest suburban home is Annie Glenn...
Is it true you were ready to go and the flight was canceled?
Is that a factor?
Is that a man?
Is that Gus Grissom...
Is that the crash helmet?
Is there a loose plug there?
Is this true ?
Isn't that their chief designer?
Isn't the president coming?
Isn't there anybody who can deal with a housewife?
It comes down to who is going to control this thing from here on.
It is questionable if we can proceed.
It just blew.
It means you don't need honest to God pilots.
It might work.
It must have been a technical malfunction.
It sounds ridiculous, but they look like fireflies.
It sure as hell is. Jesus.
It takes a special man to volunteer for a suicide mission.
It was A okay.
It will go up like a cannonball, and come down like a cannonball...
It'll rip your ears off if you try to go through it.
It's a beautiful sight!
It's a field day for the press.
It's a field day for the press.
It's a god forsaken spot on the roof of the high desert in California.
It's a hazardous...
It's a struggle for survival.
It's all right. He does that.
It's Archie and Jughead.
It's beautiful.
It's called Cocoa Beach.
It's called Happy Bottom Riding Club?
It's called Sputnik.
It's either that or we get the lug wrench and pry him out.
It's important to America to get a man up there first.
It's important, John. It means a lot.
It's loose.
It's me. Are you all right? What's wrong?
It's nothing to worry about.
It's so hazardous that if, uh, you decide not to volunteer...
It's Straighten Up and Fly Right.
It's Yeager.
Ivan.
Jesus. Hurry up.
Jimp? Well, what the hell is a jimp?
John Glenn.
John H. Glenn, Junior!
John, can you hear me?
John, you're going to fly by wire for re entry.
John's right.
Johnson...
José, permission granted...
Jumped plumb off the scale.
Just a little bit more, 104,000, here you go.
Just joking. The Air Force is paying me already. Right?
Just knock it off, because I'm trying to concentrate in here.
Just like Pancho's.
Just watch you don't screw the pooch.
Just who we came to see.
Kind of passes rapidly, huh?
Landing bag switch, auto.
Later, the British Empire was dominant because it had ships.
Leave the retro rocket package, which covers the heat shield, on.
Leave those diapers alone. Come on.
Left lower chest sensor.
Let me out, please. Let me out.
Let me out! Let me out of here! Let me out! Please. Please. Let me out.
Let them write the history, and let the pilots fly the planes.
Let us see him again.
Let's face it. Some women just have a problem with men.
Let's get this thing on the road.
Let's see what there is to be scared about back here.
Liberty Bell 7, Liberty Bell 7, this is Hunt Club 1. Over.
Liberty Bell, say again.
Like 60 homers, like batting .400, like the four minute mile.
Like fireflies on a summer night.
Listen, I'm gonna try to get some pictures of these little guys.
Listen, they promise we'll stop at the next gas station.
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
Loan me some. I'll pay you back later.
Look at old Yeager.
Look at that.
Look at them.
Look, Glenn's waving us in. What's your problem, huh?
Look, I am finally Mrs. Honorable Astronaut.
Look, pal, maybe they don't want someone to know.
Look, Slick.
Look, the man has got to go.
Looky here what I brought you.
Lord, guard and guide the men who fly
Lot of cloud coverage today.
Louise, he's coming down.
Louise. My God, they're after the diaper service man.
Louise. What was Jackie like?
Mach 0.95.
Mach 1.
Mach 2.
Major, Eddie here has a little problem with his girlfriend.
Major.
Many are called, but few will be chosen.
Maybe it can only be broke for a specified sum.
Maybe...
Me? I'm an astronaut.
Meanwhile, John Glenn waits for the weather to clear...
Might be something there.
Mine think it's fine.
Mm hm.
Mm hm. In a clean glass.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm.
Mm. Ugh.
Monkeys?
Morning, tiger.
Most likely, the one on the left.
Most of all, I'm tired of being second to those...
Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn.
Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Glenn, you are way out of line.
Mr. President, I think you'd be wise to reconsider.
Mr. Russell?
Mr. Slayton?
Mrs. Gordon Cooper.
Mrs. Grissom. Mrs. Grissom.
Mrs. Yeager.
Muchea, this is Cape.
My fellow citizens...
My friend stole my sweetheart from me
My God. He lost his capsule but he's keeping his story.
My name, José Jimenez.
My name, José Jimenez.
My name, José Jimenez.
My own wife.
My wife's attitude has been the same as it's been all through my flying.
Negative. Whiskey Kilo 28 is not declar
Never heard of him.
Next time I doubt I'll win.
Nine, eight...
Nineteen.
Ninety three seconds. Read it and weep.
No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
No communications are possible for a few minutes.
No hatch.
No human individual...
No individual will have ever been so adequately prepared for an event.
No sense in kidding ourselves.
No thanks, I got one.
No ticker tape parade in New York?
No window?
No, he won't. He'll be going after that demon that lives in the thin air.
No, it's absolutely not true.
No, Lyndon.
No, no, no.
No, on the left.
No, sir.
No, thanks, Fred. Just a little coffee.
No, that's where the hatch with explosive bolts goes.
No, you can't deal with them.
No, you're not.
No!
No.
No.
No. No it was not, senator.
No. No, no.
No. Tell him he cannot.
Nobody calls me by that other name.
Nobody cares about that kind of record anymore.
Nobody ever wants to talk about anything around here.
Non negotiable, as usual.
None of these guys is up to Air Force standards.
Not even one in Mitchell, Indiana?
Not just some air bases. There's only one place to go.
Not me, mate.
Not one that's been in outer space.
Not the machine, it's the man.
Not very funny, John.
Nothing these guys do is going to be called failure.
Now I want them all to meet my people who will write their true stories.
Now maybe if we talk privately to Yeager and some of the other boys
Now President Kennedy has started an even more ambitious space program.
Now the communists have established a foothold in outer space.
Now we must get something up there quick and dirty, any way at all.
Now what are you two pudknockers going to have?
Now you're talking.
Now your name is?
Now, uh, this is, uh, personnel...
Number 4.
Number three.
Of course not. Fireflies?
Off we go in a wild blue yonder
Oh, God, look at this.
Oh, God.
Oh, God.
Oh, Gus, I wanted to eat in the White House.
Oh, Gus, they owe you.
Oh, Gus.
Oh, hear us
Oh, hear us
Oh, I hope not
Oh, just about right.
Oh, Lord, what a heavenly light.
Oh, my goodness, what the heck is that?
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
Oh, there you are. Come this way.
Oh, yeah. I wanna meet you too.
Oh, you'll come a waltzing, Matilda, with me
Oh!
Oh.
Okay, drop her.
Okay, Glenn, I know that's you.
Okay, knock it off in there.
Okay, thanks buddy.
Okay.
Okay. Okay.
Old Gus, he did all right.
On the 50th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic flight...
On top of the pyramid for five goddamn years.
One day I expect the military to make good.
One hundred and fifty thousand.
One of our Air Force boys.
One, Roger.
Open. Open.
Or sunlight fair
Otherwise I wouldn't go near it.
Our Germans are better than theirs.
Over there waiting on you.
Pansies! Cows!
People have begun to say our rockets always blow up...
Personally, I think you're seeing things.
Pilots.
Pilots.
Please, sit right there. Put your arm right up here.
Point nine eight.
Point nine five.
Point nine four.
Point nine nine.
Point nine nine.
Point nine seven.
Point nine six.
Point nine three.
Point nine two.
Possibly get lost at sea.
Pre drop checklist complete.
Pretty good, huh?
Pretty good. A full refrigerator!
Punch a hole in the sky.
Push the button.
Put your spurs to her, Chuck.
Re entry only three orbits?
Request permission to relieve bladder.
Request that you remain in a holding pattern till then.
Responsive to orders.
Retro heater switch, off.
Retro heater switch, off.
Ridley, make a note here, would you...
Ridley, make another note.
Right.
Roger, Al. Understand, go at least seven orbits.
Roger, Control. This is Whiskey Kilo 28...
Roger, Friendship 7.
Roger, Friendship 7.
Roger, Friendship 7. You have a go, at least seven orbits.
Roger.
Roger.
Roger. I've unplugged my suit, so I'm kind of warm now.
Rookies?
Say again, Liberty Bell.
Say again, Liberty Bell. We can't hear you.
Say again, please.
Say again.
Say again. Do you read?
Scotch.
Scott Carpenter will run with me. He's a good guy.
Scott Carpenter.
Scott Crossfield.
See if scanners will pick it up and correct retro fire attitude.
See where that demon lives.
See you after outer space.
See you there.
Senator Johnson's right. This is Armageddon.
Share it, brother.
She laughed. She knows you too well, Gordo.
She seems snobby.
She's a woman, susceptible to charms like all of the rest.
She's his wife.
Shot down five Germans in one day.
Shut that door!
Since he works without eyesight, his other senses are sharpened.
Since we have developed a fully automated vehicle...
Since you're relocating here, to show our appreciation for all you've done...
Since you're the last of the original seven and the least well known...
Sir, over there.
Slow down, Gordo.
Smile, Gus. We're heroes.
Smile, hon.
So far the key word on this textbook flight is operational.
So so. How are you doing?
So when do we go?
So, baby, don't fuss me With that north 40 talk
So, what do you think?
Some kind of a war hero.
Some of them are...
Some peckerwood's got to take the beast up.
Some people say the sound barrier can't be broke.
Some say we haven't taken all the safety precautions we 'd like to.
Sometimes they're just such assholes.
Sometimes you get a pooch that can't be screwed.
Sometimes.
Soon they'll have space platforms to drop nuclear bombs on us...
Soon you'll even immortalize us...
Soon, one American astronaut will climb atop that rocket...
Sorry, Scotty.
Sounds like a good idea.
Sounds right to me. Where do we go next?
Spacecraft.
Spaceman?
Sparks and needles of some kind all over the sky.
Speed is 17,500 miles per hour...
Sperm motility factors.
Sperm.
Stand by for final ten second count.
Star voyager Gus Grissom.
Star voyager.
Steak tastes about the same...
Step aside.
Stop that, stop it. Will you quite pushing me? Stop it.
Studying
Such as bringing girls up to your room?
Swabbo sense of humor.
T minus 10 seconds...
Take it easy with that.
Take it easy, fellows.
Tell me something else, Mr. Gonzales.
Tell me something, Mr. Gonzales.
Tell them no.
Ten, nine...
Test pilots? We'll be heading for some air bases.
Thank you, John.
Thank you, Mr. Grissom.
Thank you, Number 21.
Thank you. Mr. Schirra?
That guy didn't fool me a bit.
That guy in the corner. Yeager is his name.
That guy's Navy all the way. There's another swabbo.
That is a spacecraft, sir.
That is correct.
That Mexican guy?
That right?
That sounds easy enough.
That was some night. That was really exciting.
That was the shortest day I've run into.
That's as fast as a man can go.
That's dangerous. To introduce liquid...
That's me, I guess.
That's nine.
That's perfect.
That's pure charm.
That's right. No bucks, no Buck Rogers.
That's the crash truck.
That's Titov on the right and Gagarin on the left.
That's where you'll always be.
The aerodynamics would take so long to explain to you that
The astronaut...
The bad news is the entire program's probably going to be scrapped.
The ball must be maintained in the position between these two lines.
The beautiful Tennessee waltz
The best
The best results seem to be obtained through fantasization...
The best test pilots in the world.
The boys smell panic in your program.
The cannonball effect you mentioned...
The capsule is turning around.
The capsule was rocking around a bit.
The chimps are capable of many of the same tasks as men.
The clock is operating.
The controls will freeze up. You can't budge the stick.
The decisive battle between good and evil.
The demon lived at Mach 1 on the meter...
The drill here
The drill here is to see who can drill the brains out of Nurse Murch.
The first American in space is not going to be a chimpanzee.
The flight's been canceled.
The government spends all kinds of time and money...
The government spends all kinds of time and money...
The hatch just blew! It was a glitch! It was a technical malfunction!
The hatch just blew.
The hatch with the explosive
The identity of America's first astronaut...
The issue here ain't pussy. The issue here is monkey.
The man or...
The man who breaks the sound barrier will be on top.
The man's been up there for hours.
The Mercury program was over.
The military owes me for all this.
The military promised...
The night they were playing
The one with the big engine.
The only critical point is the re entry.
The pilot.
The president's got his own problems with the Bay of Pigs.
The press likes a nice round number.
The press? What does the press have to say about this?
The public knows they're just doing what monkeys have done.
The real test wasn't Mach 2.
The record is 91 seconds.
The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads.
The Russians have sent Titov up.
The Russians set a new record of 114,000 feet...
The Russians, maybe.
The security clearance just takes too long with those people.
The sound barrier is a farm you can buy in the sky.
The space age has begun, and there's plenty of work.
The straps may be strong enough to hold the heat shield in place.
The sun is coming through the window.
The things have been wrung inside out...
The vice president would like to make a sympathy call if he could.
The vice president would like to see Mrs. Glenn.
The vice president, who is chairman of our Space Council...
The vice president?
The vice president's head of the program!
The view is tremendous.
The X 1 is ready to have a go at it.
Their controls would freeze up.
Their planes would buffet wildly...
Then again...
Then risk my life and my kids'...
Then they built a small plane...
Then we'll know.
There any snakes around here?
There could, maybe, be...
There is only one hope.
There she is, all bridled, saddled and ready to go.
There was a demon that lived in the air.
There were no loose items. I don't see how I could have hit the button.
There's a beautiful, long beach there.
There's a phone hook up, we've got her on.
There's a problem with your wife.
There's an old saying: “Never refuse a combat assignment.
There's millions of people watching, and we thought maybe, uh...
There's nothing to worry about. Absolutely nothing.
There's plenty more of that.
There's so much work to do, anyway. More tests...
There's some things you can't change.
These actions reflect great credit upon himself...
These are men who will have to face any danger for their country.
These are people we felt would be excellent in the splashdown.
These are the greatest pilots in America.
These Astronauts are our Davids.
These astronauts know that.
These men are preparing themselves for the ordeal of capsule life.
These must be our gentlemen from Washington...
These people are experienced with machinery and have their own helmets.
These stories will appear in Life under their own by lines.
They all want to see Buck Rogers.
They are being put through every phase of the astronaut training.
They bear a great resemblance to each other.
They called it the sound barrier.
They don't look very Russian to me, Gus.
They don't say anything. They don't talk about it.
They don't talk to outsiders?
They got some kind of brotherhood.
They live in rat shacks, terrible conditions.
They love the guy.
They might say the sound barrier's a brick wall.
They owe me.
They owe me. They owe me so much.
They show up very well. Thank everybody...
They sure could me.
They think they got the right stuff.
They want our peckers in their pockets.
They want to make me an astronaut? Oh, I hope not.
They will be faced with emergencies no man can foresee.
They will be guiding a new machine...
They'll give 100 percent when the time comes.
They're all for it.
They're being subjected to every stress our doctors and engineers can invent.
They're good men.
They're sending a monkey up to do a man's work.
They're very beautiful.
They've developed a program of stupendous dimensions...
They've got a man up there. It's Gagarin.
Think I bust the canopy with my head.
Think I see a plane over here with my name on it.
Thirty seconds and fuel is go, oxygen is go...
This astronaut thing is the best way for us to move up that ladder.
This could lead to something very unfortunate.
This entire operation's supposed to be hush hush.
This footage was assembled from sources operating under deep cover at, uh, great risk.
This is big news. The sound barrier's been broken.
This is big news. We need coverage of this.
This is Cape. Do you read?
This is Friendship 7. Do you read me?
This is Friendship 7. Do you read me?
This is it, ladies. This is for Life magazine.
This is my first choice. The man with the hood.
This is one fighterjock who is not a miserable pudknocker.
This is only a 15 minute flight.
This is secret footage...
This is the show I wanted you to see.
This is very important. The vice president must see her.
This is what I still believe.
This is where they hang out.
This sure was a short day.
This thing will bite them off. It's vicious.
Those are orders. National security.
Those darned Russians. It's time we
Those fellows over there have been making us out...
Those root weevils write history.
Those who came before us...
Though the capsule was lost...
Through the great spaces
Throw down a line!
Tminus 10, nine...
To have...
To me the most important thing...
To pull all that in flight test, it's all over for him.
To recap yesterday's events...
To Scott Crossfield, the fastest man alive.
Tomorrow morning?
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow's no good.
Trudy.
Try something. Anything.
Two floors up. Gonzales will take you there, but wait here with him.
Two nine.
Two point one.
Uh huh?
Uh huh.
Uh uh.
Uh, do you have a time for going to jettison retro? Over.
Uh, Gus has just come back from outer space.
Uh, if not, I'll correct it myself. Over.
Uh, my wife?
Uh, negative.
Uh, not at this time. This is the judgment of Cape Flight.
Uh, we're all proud of Gus Grissom.
Uh, where are you putting the window?
Uh, which one of you will be the first into space?
Uh, yeah, sure, I'm married all right.
Um...
Um...
Understand.
Up we go into the wild blue yonder.
Urinate?
Urinate? No. We did not think of that.
Us. A bunch of college trained chimpanzees.
Very great.
Very nice. We talked about all kinds of things.
Virgil I. Gus Grissom!
Wait a minute. You got it all wrong.
Wait a second.
Wait.
Waiting for your okay to hook on.
Waiting for your okay.
Wally Schirra.
Walter M. Schirra, Junior!
Wanted to keep you informed, Mrs. Shepard.
Watch this.
Wax my tail?
We almost missed this.
We appreciate it.
We are here at the house of Louise Shepard...
We are not sure your landing bag is deployed.
We can't take all the precautions we'd like.
We could have orbited a satellite a year ago...
We do not refer to it as a capsule.
We don't have a diaper service man.
We don't know who wrote it.
We even drop them from a height of 100 feet onto concrete...
We feel it is possible to re enter with the retro package on.
We finally broke the sound barrier. We did it!
We got it. Steak. All the trimmings.
We got top secret orders to blend in with the patients. So shut up.
We have a tremendous responsibility.
We have film of some people we think are strong candidates.
We have liftoff, and the clock is operating.
We have the opportunity of a lifetime and I won't stand by and let...
We haven't been lucky with the Atlas rocket.
We know very little about him.
We know. Sit down.
We know. Sit down.
We like the one on the right.
We mean to lead it.
We need a hatch with explosive bolts we can open ourselves.
We need a man in orbit or it's all over.
We need the data in the capsule.
We never had any insurance except a couple months' pay.
We recommend you do the best you can to keep a zero angle. Over.
We see no difficulty with that type of re entry.
We shall see.
We sure chased that old demon this time.
We sure will, John. We sure will.
We want a window.
We want the best pilots that we can get.
We were just talking to, uh, Slick about the sound barrier.
We, uh, hate to disturb you, buddy, but...
We?
We? You mean you.
We'd like to run it and stimulate some thinking.
We'll climb right up that ladder just like we did at Langley.
We're a team.
We're back to square one.
We're fortunate this material did not perish with a couple of men.
We're going up against the Russians. It's got the highest
We're gonna need all the help we can get.
We're just saying the same things...
We're lined up.
We're not really free to reveal all the testing.
We're placed here with certain talents and capabilities...
We're ready.
We're scrapping the Redstone and going with the Atlas.
We're showing some trouble.
We're thinking about...
We're under way.
We've got a warning light. Possibly a loose heat shield.
We've lost it.
Welcome to Edwards.
Welcome to Houston...
Well, anyway, someone figured it out that way, and that's the way it is.
Well, I might, if it's been in outer space.
Well, if it ain't Hot Dog.
Well, it sure ain't your average dull life.
Well, it's a pleasure.
Well, look, I've got to go to the Holiday Inn for some...
Well, that's not bad. Not bad.
Well, that's what I thought you said.
Well, uh, there sure is a long line of shit hot rocket aces around here.
Well, uh, you're looking at him.
Well, what do you do here, astronaut?
Well, what do you think?
Well, what kind of specimen?
Well, what?
Well, what's with her?
Well, Yeager, you old bastard.
Well, you marry a fighter jock and you marry the military.
Whang this in the handle with your good arm.
What about the hatch?
What about...?
What are you two rookies going to have?
What can be going through a man's mind at this moment?
What did Gordo say?
What do they say it means?
What do they want me to do in here?
What do they want?
What do we do now?
What do we tell him?
What do you mean no?
What for?
What happened?
What have you got scheduled?
What have you two been up to?
What if the automatic controls went out?
What is an ace like you doing in a place like this?
What is it?
What is the most important thing in rocket travel?
What kind of a plane is that?
What kind of delays?
What you been doing, hedgehopping?
What, you agree?
What'd she say?
What's next, Ridley?
What's that mean?
What's that sound?
What's that sound?
What's ticking you off?
When an old friend I happened to see
When I met you, you were already a pilot, so I never had a complaint.
When I think of Orville and Wilbur Wright...
When the clamp is released, the balloon inside you deflates.
When they all come out, they all look scared.
When they all go in...
When we lift our prayer
When we lift our prayer
When you went up in those planes, me and the kids...
Where are they from?
Where are they going?
Where's Ridley?
Where's the john?
Whether we deserve it or not, people look up to us.
Which one will be first?
Which one's Glenn? I want to meet him.
Whiskey Kilo 28, do you want to declare an emergency?
Who are we gonna get to take on the Russians?
Who are you guys?
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who designed this?
Who is the best pilot I ever saw?
Who will be the second man in space?
Who would you put into space, Mr. President?
Who, that kid?
Who?
Who's that?
Who's the best pilot I ever saw?
Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
Who's the best pilot you ever saw?
Who's they?
Whoa. Maybe some Air Force experiment went amuck.
Whoever gets the funding, gets the technology.
Why are they here?
Why are you doing this to me?
Why didn't we send a man up instead of a monkey?
Why don't you just make sure you don't screw the pooch?
Why in hell won't anyone believe me?
Why, sure, Yeager, but
Will you correlate the actions of the particles...
Window? There is no window.
With a man we must guarantee a safe return.
With backups, checks, this would not happen.
With some work, they could be very responsive to orders.
With this one deal...
Word will get out. Maybe not to the press or the general public.
Would you like a souvenir after I get written in history?
Wring her out a little bit this time.
Y'all want some whiskey?
Yeager doesn't fit the profile.
Yeager doesn't fit?
Yeager ought to see this.
Yeah, but, uh, nurse, uh, how am I, uh, supposed to, uh...
Yeah, I guess so, Hot Dog. I guess so.
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, me too.
Yeah, Shepard, I forgot. You are clear at 180 degrees.
Yeah, sometimes...
Yeah, that's the D 558 Phase 2.
Yeah, you're damn right it is.
Yeah?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah. A real stable relationship too.
Yeah. Come on. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Yeah. Sure, he must.
Yep. Well, no sweat. Let's go.
Yes, I did, Bob.
Yes, I did. In fact, I finally got her to marry me.
Yes, I lost my little darlin'
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
Yes.
Yes. Resume the countdown.
Yo, Gus!
You agree?
You are here And so am I
You are looking at a whole new ballgame here now.
You are out of line!
You bust it, we'll fix it.
You can ease it back.
You can run forever.
You can't tell a pilot what to do when not flying.
You could be the first.
You ever have any explosions doing this?
You get that helmet?
You got a short memory.
You got any Beemans?
You got to look to the future.
You guys ready for hot dogs. The buns ready.
You have to die.
You know we haven't had too much luck with that rocket.
You know what happened! The machine broke.
You know what happened! The machine broke.
You know what makes your rocket ships go up?
You know what that averages?
You know what the Russians want?
You know what they've got planned?
You know, it's funny.
You know...
You may begin now.
You mean for this space race you don't want our best pilots?
You mean them root weevils that crawl around popping off cameras?
You mean you.
You might be right.
You must think of the program!
You need a lab rabbit to curl up in your capsule...
You noticed I hadn't been up there yet?
You proud, boys?
You talking to us, buddy?
You tell them that astronaut John Glenn told you to say that.
You think a monkey knows he's sitting on a rocket that might explode?
You want a hot dog?
You want a pilot to be a ballistic missile, then splash down.
You want to have a go at it?
You want to see me again?
You want what in there?
You were probably just getting warmed up.
You'd be the one they remembered.
You'd like to meet my wife.
You'd never catch me.
You'll fly more planes for us.
You'll love her. She's so nice. We talked about the kids.
You're all set. I told her you were stable, well adjusted, attentive.
You're gonna love it.
You're looking at him, baby.
You're looking at him.
You're married, aren't you?
You're mighty right.
You're nuts. She thinks we're all just miserable pudknockers.
You're on your way, José.
You're right, you're absolutely right.
You're scaring the girls. You are!
You're the best civilian pilot around.
You're the fastest man alive!
You've heard about our project.
Your prime pilots that get all the hot planes.
750 miles an hour...
About a half a cup. Nothing in it?
All right? Yes.
Astronaut. Yeah.
Come on. Glennis! I'm gonna get you!
Fair enough. Thank you.
Fly over? Yeah.
Gonzales? Hmm.
Good day, mate. Hi.
Gus. Uh...
Hey, Pancho? Hmm?
How long? A day.
I'll try to fix you a handle. Thanks.
I'm out of line? Yes, sir!
Is it serious? We think it is.
It is. Very. It's very dangerous.
It'll be dangerous. We're ready.
It's Australian, right? Yep.
John? He can't hear you.
Lock up? Yeah.
May we? Okay.
Morning. Morning, sir.
No Jackie? Mm mm.
No, sir. No press. What?
No? What do you mean no? I mean no.
No. No.
Oh, Alan, hi. Mr. Shepard.
Oh, my Lord. Oh, Louise, your lawn!
Oh, yeah? Mm hm.
Only one. What's that?
Right away. To the top.
Scott Carpenter. Hi.
She still says no. No?
That's fine. All right.
The hatch? Yeah, the hatch.
The pilot would have to fly it back. This is the way it is.
There you go. Thank you.
Uh, no. Let me check it out. Okay.
What was that? Gus.
What? Us. We are the monkey.
What's your middle name? lvan.
Which one are you? Shepard.
Who will you get? Who am I gonna get?
Yeager. Sir.
Yeah. Yeah?
Yeah. You're our first choice.
Your left side okay? Yeah.
...Major John Glenn! That guy.
...30 to 45.
...36 weeks.
...56 of our greatest pilots are at this moment...
...accompanied by masturbation, followed by ejaculation.
...across the skies over the California desen'.
...all it takes is just the sound of a truck starting.
...all we seek from the occupants...
...America's Mercury Astronauts.
...and a new world's record.
...and all those times I waited and all those times you weren't there.
...and department stores, the furnishings.
...and doing things above and beyond the call of duty...
...and dream about outer space.
...and he is the genius behind it.
...and holder of the coast to coast, nonstop, supersonic flight record...
...and I ain't even been up there yet.
...and my friends talked about their husbands' work.
...and no one knew their names.
...and not one of them has ever just blown.
...and the flight is going pretty much as planned.
...and the G forces should be building up.
...and the most rigorous physical testing ever done on humans.
...and the Space Committee who are with us today...
...and then I think of us today...
...and they haven't done a thing but show up for a press conference.
...and they would disintegrate.
...and they're brilliantly lighted.
...and to the world in general right now.
...and we're moving into night.
...and who bears responsibilities in this field, and the members of the House and Senate...
...and wire up the kazoo.
...another historic flight takes place, as Scott Crossfield streaks...
...any other type of man.
...are turned on too.
...as he shakes the hand of the fastest man alive, Scott Crossfield.
...as the seven finest and bravest pilots in all America.
...astronaut would merely be a redundant component.
...beer call with the guys.
...better dash to your phones.
...but in a private and crucial way that only she can understand.
...by Betty Grissom...
...by crossing that highway to the worst beach in Florida.
...by putting our pictures up there on your wall.
...by the light of a Communist moon.
...cabin pressure on the top peg. Altimeter is working.
...control...
...could you begin by telling us, who was the best pilot you ever saw?
...desperate deeds to beat the Soviets. The question really is:
...devoting long hours of training...
...doesn't even exist anymore.
...down there in Australia.
...eight, seven, six, five...
...fly overhead. Up in outer space.
...for turning them on, will you?
...four, three, two, one.
...from Langley Field?
...from the U.S. Marine Corps...
...gentlemen all.
...gets a free steak with all the trimmings.
...going straight off the ground.
...Gordo Cooper went higher, farther, and faster...
...got a free lunch from one end of America to the other...
...gung ho type
...Gus isn't so bad.
...had anything to say.
...here we see America's newest hero, Gus Grissom.
...here.
...Honorable Mrs. Squirming Hatch Blower.
...how much
...I thank God I live in a country...
...I think there is a power greater than us that will place...
...I'm giving them $500,000 split seven ways over three years.
...if we did not volunteer for something as important as this is...
...if we didn't have pretty good backing at home.
...if we had been allowed.
...if you got nothing better to do. Elevator effectiveness regained.
...if, when their husband went to make a deal...
...into the pure oxygen of the capsule and the pressure suit...
...is A okay. But what you're doing with it is b a d.
...is awarded to Captain Virgil I. Grissom...
...is destined to become a legend in his own time.
...is the blast off.
...it gives me great pleasure, great pride, to present to you...
...it will not be held against you.
...like rocks from a highway overpass.
...like Slick there doesn't have his picture up there?
...like the firmness of the earth.
...lowering and launching now.
...made certain this country...
...maintain an even strain.
...maybe it can.
...me and my friends think your José Jimenez imitation...
...might cause a short circuit. it could start a fire.
...Miss Sally Rand.
...more or less with a fifty fifty proposition.
...Mr. Sharp is contributing the land...
...NBC TV, CBS TV?
...nine, eight, seven...
...now.
...of people saying we are not pilots. I'm tired of monkeys.
...of the capsule is data.
...of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it.
...of the Korabl rocket and the German scientists they captured after the war.
...of their superb adaptability to their upcoming flight...
...on TV.
...one
...one pilot I once saw who I think, uh, truly did have the right
...one wretched event has followed another.
...one. Ignition.
...or the networks, or anyone else in our house, that's it.
...or, by...
...other guys liked her and she didn't pay attention.
...other people compromise the whole darned thing!
...our boys always botch it. Some say this is not the time to try...
...our new hero, Astronaut Gus Grissom, was saved.
...pilot...
...push the outside of the envelope.
...putting a couple into orbit. Adds emotional stability.
...right here in this room.
...rode the first waves of the Industrial Revolution...
...scouting for astronauts.
...seven Americans...
...seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, ignition.
...sharing the anxiety and pride of the world at this tense moment...
...so he can undertake this historic mission.
...sometimes...
...splashing down in the ocean...
...standing on a hill at Kitty Hawk...
...subjected to trial by heat, by water, by shaking, pounding.
...such as morale tours
...teaching pilots how to be fearless.
...Texas style!
...than any other American. Twenty two complete orbits around the world.
...that are brilliantly lit up. They're luminescent.
...that need to be said again and again with fierce conviction.
...that we can't fly as pilots...
...that we have been, uh, should we say, blessed...
...the Air Force...
...the contractors, the homes...
...the contractors, the homes...
...the cookies.
...the Distinguished Service Medal...
...the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power.
...the monkey?
...the opportunity in our way.
...the Redstone, the Atlas... I agree that we could launch a pod.
...the Russians beat the pants off us.
...the vice president...
...the X 1, to try and break the sound barrier.
...then you got Navy and Marine pilots over here.
...there was a one in four chance he wouldn't come out of the meeting.
...these, the greatest pilots in the history of mankind...
...they all look the same.
...they're trying to send a man up to do a monkey's work.
...things.
...this decoration, which is going from the ground up.
...through a hostile environment.
...to adapt out fears.
...to decondition, to desensitize...
...to founder in the backwash...
...to go into space. These are the most...
...to have some
...to one of the wives, if not to Louise Shepard herself.
...to our country...
...tossing a coin to see which one would take the first airplane flight...
...training...
...up to date tests imaginable...
...Virgil I. Grissom.
...vying to be one of the first men...
...wants me...
...was not revealed until the final moment, and everyone has asked:
...we heard they want to send a monkey up first.
...we've got a launch.
...we've got to change things. He's saying that we are pilots.
...what he does with his wick is his own business!
...when fire swept through their Apollo capsule.
...where the best and finest in a man can be brought out.
...which told our medical scientists...
...who have very well developed equilibrium.
...whoever controls the high ground of space...
...wife of Al Shepard, who is about to go into space.
...wife of astronaut John Glenn...
...will be headed this way, wanting to push the outside of the envelope...
...will control the world.
...winner of five Distinguished Flying Crosses...
...with a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
...with its heart beating...
...with that of your control jets?
...your new home.
“Straighten Up and Fly Right.