{"id":2049,"date":"2013-05-01T02:59:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T02:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2013-05-01T02:59:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T02:59:44","slug":"video-the-mercury-control-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2049","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Mercury Control Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NASA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/kennedy\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a> posted this program about the Mercury control center.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5eIXtnoe2k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Before one small step for man, and one giant leap for mankind, a team of daring space pioneers and a pair of experimental rocket projects came together and set forth in the nation&#8217;s first pursuit to further humankind&#8217;s understanding of the Earth and the heavens. With the eyes on the sky and the future of space exploration beyond the horizon, flight controllers inside NASA&#8217;s Mercury Control Center watched the American space program take flight. And so here, the story of American space exploration began.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Kennedy Space Center posted this program about the Mercury control center. 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