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Recovery - Mercury Astronaut Virgil Grissom - End - Mercury-Reddstone (MR)-4 Mission
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Recovery - Mercury Astronaut Virgil Grissom - End - Mercury-Reddstone (MR)-4 Mission

NASA / JSC · 1961-07-27 · photograph (digital archive)

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S61-02819 (21 July 1961) --- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter retrieves astronaut Virgil I. Grissom from the Atlantic Ocean following the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) spaceflight. Grissom's "Liberty Bell" Mercury spacecraft sank to the bottom of the ocean and was not recovered.

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ASTRONAUTSHELICOPTERSWATER LANDING
Credit lineRecovery - Mercury Astronaut Virgil Grissom - End - Mercury-Reddstone (MR)-4 Mission. NASA/JSC, 1961-07-27. Public domain. ID: S61-02819.
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