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Identifier

F15_015_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

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Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

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Language

eng

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61-MR4-97 National Aeronautics and Space Administration For immediate release: July 22, 1961. Water is rushing out of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft after going under the first time. The Marine helicopter seconds later dropped the spacecraft and it sank. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom was already aboard the helicopter out of danger. (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

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