Man in Space: The Story of the Journey: A Documentary

On Friday, May 5, 1961, US Navy Lieutenant Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. became the second person (after Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin) and the first American to travel into space. Man in Space: The Story of the Journey - A Documentary tells “the story of that man, his journey, and of the scientists who made possible his mission in outer space” with narration, recordings of the flight’s radio communications, and interviews with NASA personnel and astronauts. Liner notes contain a written transcription of the recording, which covers the launch, the scientists and mission, and an evaluation of the success of the mission and the spacecraft.

Track Listing

101	Astronaut to "Mercury Control" Alan Shepard	00:57
102	Preparation: Countdown Unidentified narrator, Cape Canaveral mission control	01:30
103	Launching Unidentified radio reporter, Cape Canaveral mission control	00:57
104	Flight: Re-Entry to Earth's Atmosphere John Powers	03:43
105	AOK All the Way John Powers	01:55
106	Jules Verne's Prophecy Unidentified narrator	02:32
107	Project Mercury Unidentified narrator, NASA scientist	01:04
108	The Rocket-Booster Unidentified narrator, Mr. Haberligh	04:59
109	The Capsule Unidentified narrator, NASA scientist	01:41
110	Inside the Capsule Unidentified narrator, Dr. William Augerson	04:55
201	The Human Element - The Astronaut Robert Voas, John Powers, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepard, Joseph Lubin, Stanley White, F.V.H. Hillas	24:53
202	Evaluation Mort Slur, Donald Slayton, Harrison Brown, T. Keith Glennin	05:34