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F14_012_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, Helicopters, Press releases

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

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61-MR4-106 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For immediate release: July 22, 1961.Liberty Bell 7 rides in the Atlantic ocean with Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom aboard. The long antenna is raised above the capsule for radio signals to home on. The capsule sank minutes later after "Gus" Grissom successfully got out. (NASA Photo)

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Keywords

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

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