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Closeup View - Sigma "7" Capsule - Recovery Ship
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Closeup View - Sigma "7" Capsule - Recovery Ship

NASA / JSC · 1962-10-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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S62-06175 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Closeup view of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Sigma 7 capsule being lowered to recovery ship's deck. Navy personnel remove the floatation device before opening the capsule.

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Credit lineCloseup View - Sigma "7" Capsule - Recovery Ship. NASA/JSC, 1962-10-03. Public domain. ID: s62-06175.
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