TV in Space

May 15, 1963

TV is used on a US manned space flight, the Mercury 9. Because the picture quality of Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s “Faith 7” is poor, only NBC carries the transmission, and on tape-delay, not live.

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MZTV Museum of Television (at The ZoomerPlex) 64 Jefferson Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6K 1Y4

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