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Astronaut Alan Shepard is rescued by helicopter at end of MR-3 flight

NASA / JSC · 1961-05-05 · photograph (digital archive)

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S88-31376 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) suborbital spaceflight, is retrieved by a helicopter from the USS Lake Champlain during recovery operations in the western Atlantic Ocean. Shepard and the Mercury spacecraft designated the ?Freedom 7? (floating in water below) were flown to the deck of the recovery ship within 11 minutes of splashdown. MR-3 was the United States? first manned space mission.

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ASTRONAUTS HELICOPTERS MERCURY MR-3 FLIGHT MERCURY PROJECT SPACECRAFT RECOVERY WATER LANDING RESCUE OPERATIONS

Credit lineAstronaut Alan Shepard is rescued by helicopter at end of MR-3 flight. NASA/JSC, 1961-05-05. Public domain. ID: s88-31376.

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