Results of the Second U.S. Manned Suborbital Space Flight July 21, 1961

CONTENTS

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FOREWORD iii

1. INTRODUCTION 1

By Robert R. Gilruth, Director, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

2. SPACECRAFT AND FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE MERCURY-REDSTONE 4 FLIGHT 3

By Jerome B. Hammack, Mercury-Redstone Project Engineer, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

3. RESULTS OF THE MR-4 PREFLIGHT AND POSTFLIGHT MEDICAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON ASTRONAUT VIRGIL I. GRISSOM 9

By William K. Douglas, M.D. Astronaut Flight Surgeon, NASA Manned Spaceflight Center; Carmoult B. Jackson, Jr., M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Ashton Graybiel, M.D., USN School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Fla.; George Ruff, M.D., University of Pennsylvania; Edward C. Knoblock, Ph.D., Walter Reed Army Medical Center; William S. Augerson, M.D. Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and C. Patrick Laughlin, M.D. Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

4. PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE ASTRONAUT IN THE MR-4 SPACE FLIGHT 15

By C. Patrick Laughlin, M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and William S. Augerson, M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

5. FLIGHT SURGEON'S REPORT FOR MERCURY-REDSTONE MISSIONS 3 AND 4 23

By William K. Douglas, M.D., Astronaut Flight Surgeon, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

6. RESULTS OF INFLIGHT PILOT PERFORMANCE STUDIES FOR THE MR-4 FLIGHT 33

By Robert B. Voas, Ph.D., Head, Training Office, NASA Spacecraft Center; John J. Van Bockel, Training Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Raymond G. Zedekar, Training Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and Paul W. Backer, McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

7. PILOT'S FLIGHT REPORT 47

By Virgil I. Grissom, Astronaut, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

		Page
	FOREWORD	iii
1.	INTRODUCTION	1
	By Robert R. Gilruth, Director, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.
2.	SPACECRAFT AND FLIGHT PLAN FOR THE MERCURY-REDSTONE 4 FLIGHT	3
	By Jerome B. Hammack, Mercury-Redstone Project Engineer, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center
3.	RESULTS OF THE MR-4 PREFLIGHT AND POSTFLIGHT MEDICAL EXAMINATION CONDUCTED ON ASTRONAUT VIRGIL I. GRISSOM	9
	By William K. Douglas, M.D. Astronaut Flight Surgeon, NASA Manned Spaceflight Center; Carmoult B. Jackson, Jr., M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Ashton Graybiel, M.D., USN School of Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Fla.; George Ruff, M.D., University of Pennsylvania; Edward C. Knoblock, Ph.D., Walter Reed Army Medical Center; William S. Augerson, M.D. Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and C. Patrick Laughlin, M.D. Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.
4.	PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF THE ASTRONAUT IN THE MR-4 SPACE FLIGHT	15
	By C. Patrick Laughlin, M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and William S. Augerson, M.D., Life Systems Division, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.
5.	FLIGHT SURGEON'S REPORT FOR MERCURY-REDSTONE MISSIONS 3 AND 4	23
	By William K. Douglas, M.D., Astronaut Flight Surgeon, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.
6.	RESULTS OF INFLIGHT PILOT PERFORMANCE STUDIES FOR THE MR-4 FLIGHT	33
	By Robert B. Voas, Ph.D., Head, Training Office, NASA Spacecraft Center; John J. Van Bockel, Training Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Raymond G. Zedekar, Training Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; and Paul W. Backer, McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
7.	PILOT'S FLIGHT REPORT	47
	By Virgil I. Grissom, Astronaut, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.