NASA Photo ID: S61-02711 File Name: 10073525.jpg
Film Type: 8x10 Date Taken: 05/05/61
Title: Crew members of U.S. Champlain cheer arrival of Astronaut Alan Shepard
Description:
Crew members of the U.S. Navy Carrier Champlain cheer and take pictures of
the arrival of the first Project Mercury pilot to fly a suborbital flight,
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. Two helecopters are approaching the ship,
one carrying the astronaut and the other the capsule.
Subject terms:
ASTRONAUTS
CEREMONIES
MERCURY MR-3 FLIGHT
MERCURY PROJECT
NAVY
PERSONNEL
RESCUE OPERATIONS
SHIPS
SPACECRAFT RECOVERY
WATER LANDING
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