He’s watching the unpiloted Mercury-Atlas 4 flight in September 1961, just months before he would climb aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft and ride an Atlas rocket on the same profile to orbit.

Atlas Lens Co. was showing its latest additions to the Mercury 1.5x series at NAB 2025 in Las Vegas. The 24mm T2.2, 27mm T2.2, and 32mm T2.2 are all part ...