to counter the soviet threat, the national aeronautics and space administration nasa hastily begins aroject to launch an american into space. today we present to you and the whole world who have been selected to prepare for space flight. they are all family people. seven test pilots arrived presented by journalists from all over the world welcome the national project mercury and the astronauts. i guess. we can start your questions you can ask the astronauts what their children and wives think about this captain. there are no problems at home, my family does not mind. tell me when you are going to fly into space. everything, just in this there is nothing wrong. all of you are well. it is known that the russians are rushing into space, but we will be the first there. the 10th mercury 7 watches the launch of a rocket that nasa hopes will lift astronauts into space to test america's first intercontinental ballistic missile. atlas ends in failure come on come on birdie less after the failure of the tests of the us atlas recalls an old american military missile called the redstone 075 mach