Project Mercury Images
 

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F13_004_02

Date

July 1961

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black and white photograph

Keywords

Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Grissom- Virgil I., Men, Astronauts, Outer space--Exploration, Press releases, Helicopters

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

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61-MR4-93 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For immediate release July 22, 1961. Marine helicopter hovers over Liberty Bell 7 during an attempted pick up of spacecraft. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom floats in water waiting to be picked up. The spacecraft sank minutes later when water rushed in the open hatch. This was the second U.S. man-in-space. (NASA Photo)

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Project Mercury (U.S.), Space flight, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Grissom- Virgil I., Men, Astronauts, Outer space--Exploration, Press releases, Helicopters

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