Topic: Manual control on Mercury suborbital flights
Jim_Voce Member
Posts: 273 From: Registered: Jul 2016
posted 01-10-2018 08:24 AM
John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper all performed manual control functions during their orbital Mercury flights.
But what about Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom? Their flights were just 15 minutes long. Were their flights fully automated or did they perform any manual control functions?
mercsim Member
Posts: 219 From: Phoenix, AZ Registered: Feb 2007
posted 01-10-2018 08:41 AM
They also performed manual control checks. It's documented well in the mission reports. They are available online. Just google them.
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1488 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 01-11-2018 12:41 AM
quote:Originally posted by mercsim: They are available online.
It's funny how easy that is. Never the less, Shepard was the first person to manually control a spacecraft.