Origin of the Redstone Missile Program (Rocket Technology Research, IBM, RCA, Space, NASA)

020921 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. A vintage 1957 film on the origin of the Redstone Missile Program. The Redstone was an example of the evolution of a military defense project turned towards civilian space exploration uses. The Redstone rocket was named for the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. It was first launched in 1953. A variation of the Redstone was used to launch EXPLORER 1, the first U.S. orbital satellite in 1958. On May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone version carried astronaut Alan Shepard in the “Freedom 7” capsule. Shepard became the first American in space. Two months later, Astronaut Gus Grissom became the second U.S. astronaut in space, aboard another Mercury Redstone, carrying the “Liberty Bell 7” capsule. This film shares a bit of early history of the Redstone.Show more

Film also shows various technologies including IBM computers, Dumont oscilloscopes, RCA electron microscope, missile tracking and recording equipment, and other items of the 1950's.

(Adapted from U.S. Army "Big Picture" series , episode titled "Army Ballistic Missile Agency" 1957.)
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