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Astronauts Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra completes water egress test
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Astronauts Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra completes water egress test

NASA / JSC · 1962-01-01 · photograph (digital archive)

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S62-01355 (1962) — Project Mercury astronauts M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) spaceflight, prepares to go through a water egress test. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra (back to camera), the backup MA-7 pilot is also present. Carpenter and Schirra are in the Mercury pressure suit, without the helmet. Behind them is an inflated life raft.

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Credit lineAstronauts Scott Carpenter and Walter Schirra completes water egress test. NASA/JSC, 1962-01-01. Public domain. ID: s62-01355.
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