Space Capsule Recovered
Space Capsule Recovered
Clip: 363661_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1678
Original Film: 033-093-02
HD: N/A
Location: Pacific Ocean
Timecode: 00:36:53 - 00:38:00
Space Capsule Recovered Over the pacific, airmen snare a capsule fired from the orbiting discoverer xvii satellite. It's the most successful operation yet in the discoverer program, marked by the first re-starting of a rocket engine in space, and recovery of biological specimens.