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What a Ride. Strapped firmly on his couch, Shepard could hear the rocket's roar, could feel its wild vibration, its immense thrust as he was boosted into the air. Everything went exactly according to expectations. In the operations room at the Mercury control blockhouse, doctors crouched over telemetering equipment that recorded the astronaut's pulse, temperature, respiration. Range officers watched as moving lights on the electronic status board traced the rocket's path, predicted the capsule's point of impact. Another astronaut manned the communications console and began the running fire of reports...
...Shepard: Roger. Periscope has retracted...
...Shepard: Roger, liftoff, and the clock is started...
...rocket climbed, Shepard calmly reported the growing Gs of acceleration and the state of the capsule's pressure and oxygen supply. The Gs rose to four, then five, but his voice showed no sign of stress...
...Shepard: Cap sep is coming out, and the turn-around has started. (This means that the capsule had freed itself and was ready to maneuver...