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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97404

"Sigma 7" Project "Mercury" Space Capsule


Is towed toward USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) for pickup, after its orbital flight with astronaut (Commander, USN) Walter Schirra on board, 16 October 1962.
Note rescue swimmer on the capsule's flotation collar, and a Kearsarge 26-foot motor whaleboat standing by.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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23 October 2000