NASA Photo ID: S62-00941 File Name: 10073658.jpg
Film Type: 8x10 Date Taken: 03/26/62
Title: Mercury-Atlas 6 spacecraft retrieved from Atlantic Ocean following mission
Description:
The Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft is retrieved from the
Atlantic Ocean following Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.'s three-orbit space
mission. In this view, the capsule is still in the water, with retrieval
cable connected to it.
Subject terms:
ATLANTIC OCEAN
MERCURY MA-6 FLIGHT
MERCURY PROJECT
MERCURY SPACECRAFT
RECOVERY
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