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Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission
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Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission

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

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S61-02921 (21 July 1961) --- Attempted recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) mission. View shows the top of the capsule before it sinks beneath the waves.

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Credit lineAttempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission. NASA/JSC, 1961-07-27. Public domain. ID: s61-02921.
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