The Mercury Capsule Ft. Homemade Documentaries: The Machine That Made The Men

Join me and Homemade Documentaries as we highlight the first American manned spacecraft system, the Mercury spacecraft! Jacksons incredible video on Project Mercury - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8iUg1O0fN4 Documentation: (Huge credit to Bob Andrepont for uploading his Scribd documents) Familiarization Manual - https://www.scribd.com/document/43404287/Project-Mercury-Familiarization-Manual-1-May-1962 MA-8 Capsule 16 Specs - https://www.scribd.com/document/49362587/Mercury-Capsule-No-16-Configuration-Specification-MA-8 Life Support Details - https://www.scribd.com/document/49315377/Mercury-Life-Support-Systems E.C.S. Development History - https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19670029737/downloads/19670029737.pdf Project Mercury Timeline/Chronology - https://spacemedicineassociation.org/videos/Project%20Mercury-A%20Chronology-NASA%20SP-4001.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8 Video Credits: Homemade Documentaries (he provided all the 4k btw, thank you dude!) jonos138 (Mercury reentry CGI) AstronautiCAST RetroSpaceHD LunarModule5 NASA Space Resources National Archives Roberto Mastri Popular Science NasaHD Charlie Dean Archives A/V Geeks 16mm Films The Launch Pad GTIKAYAK Varda Space Industries misqumockas skarovision talachan San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives Music Credits (in order): "Love Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST "Galaxy Map Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST "Main Theme" - Mass Effect 1 OST "Roam" - B52's "Coward" - Interstellar Soundtrack "Halo" - Original Halo Soundtrack "Colours (instrumental)" - Maduk Photo Credits: Joe Bergeron (thumbnail art) Matthew C. Hartman Nick Stevens Graphics Drew Ex Machina heroicrelics Historic Spacecraft Wikipedia Air Force Museum Smithsonian California Science Center National Air and Space Museum This Day In Aviation NASA Google (apologies if I missed any source, let me know and I'll add you to the credits) Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 13:10 Mercury Redstone/Atlas 16:00 Design 25:36 Power 32:29 Instrumentation 41:18 Propulsion 49:25 Navigation & Control 57:13 Communication 1:07:20 E.C.S. 1:23:48 Other Mentions 1:29:04 Outro Disclaimer: Many of my videos contain subjects and media that can be challenging to get a hold of, and sometimes related/sister craft footage must be used due to lack of available media. I do my best to make sure that information on Retro Rockets is accurate and up to date, but I am not a professional, and highly encourage the community to reach out to me for any corrections or errors I have made :). Content on Retro Rockets is presented with historical context in mind and for educational purposes.