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FROGMEN - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - FAITH "7" - FLOTATION COLLAR - RECOVERY - PACIFIC

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S63-07707 (16 May 1963) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9)"Faith 7" spacecraft during recovery operations in the central Pacific near Midway Island. The Mercury-Atlas spacecraft with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot, still inside, was hoisted aboard the USS Kearnage. Photo credit: NASA

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johnson space center gemini program gemini frogmen mercury atlas faith flotation collar flotation collar recovery pacific mercury project gordon cooper high resolution mercury atlas spacecraft recovery operations navy frogman team spacecraft midway island uss kearnage photo credit water view watercraft boat nasa
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16/05/1963
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Launch Complex 16 ,  28.50333, -80.55172
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NASA
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https://images.nasa.gov/
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label_outline Explore Frogmen, Flotation Collar, Midway Island

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johnson space center gemini program gemini frogmen mercury atlas faith flotation collar flotation collar recovery pacific mercury project gordon cooper high resolution mercury atlas spacecraft recovery operations navy frogman team spacecraft midway island uss kearnage photo credit water view watercraft boat nasa