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A flight deck crew member signals to the pilot of an HH-46 Sea Knight helicopter as it takes off from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) during WestPac '93. The Sea Knight, from a helicpoter combat support squadron stationed aboard the ammunition ship USS SHASTA (AE-33), is delivering supplies to the NIMITZ during vertical replenishment operations between the carrier and the ammunition ship while the NIMITZ takes part in WestPac '93

An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, top, and an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system make their approach towards the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) during flight operations.

Failed Attempt to Recover Liberty Bell 7

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Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission

Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission

Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission

Attempted Recovery - Mercury Spacecraft - End - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-4 Mission

Attempted Recovery - Mercury Spacecraft - End - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-4 Mission

Soyuz TMA-4 spacecraft attached to the Space Station during Expedition 9

Expedition 31 Soyuz TMA-04M Docking to ISS

Mercury-Redstone 4 spacecraft launching

Recovery - Mercury Astronaut Virgil Grissom - End - Mercury-Reddstone (MR)-4 Mission

Attempted Recovery of Mercury spacecraft at end of MR-4 mission

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S61-02826 (21 July 1961) --- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter attempts an unsuccessful recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 4 "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft. The spacecraft hatch opened prematurely, and astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, pilot, escaped into the water. The helicopter hooked onto the spacecraft but could not retrieve it. Grissom was recovered by another helicopter and flown to the recovery ship, USS Randolph. The Mercury spacecraft sank to the bottom of the ocean. Photo credit: NASA

The Space Race began with a shock to the American public when the Soviet satellite Sputnik was launched in 1957. United states created NASA accelerate U.S. space exploration efforts and launched the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958. The Soviet Union was first again when it puts the first human, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, into a single orbit on April 12, 1961. Shortly after this, on May 5, the U.S. launched Alan Shepard, on a suborbital flight and reached its orbital goal on February 20, 1962, when John Glenn made three orbits around the Earth in the Mercury capsule. The Mercury space capsule was a pressurized cabin produced by McDonnell Aircraft and carried supplies of water, food, and oxygen for about one day. Mercury was launched on a top of modified Atlas D ballistic missiles. The capsule was fitted with a launch escape rocket to carry it safely away from the launch vehicle in case of a failure. Small retrorockets were used to bring the spacecraft out of its orbit, after which an ablative heat shield protected it from the heat of atmospheric reentry. Finally, a parachute slowed the craft for a water landing. Both astronaut and capsule were recovered by helicopters deployed from a U.S. Navy ship. The Mercury project missions were followed by millions on radio and TV around the world. Its success laid the groundwork for Project Gemini, which carried two astronauts in each capsule and perfected space docking maneuvers essential for manned lunar landings in the Apollo program announced just a few weeks after the first manned Mercury launch.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- President Dwight D Eisenhower is briefed on operations at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-PL60-51253

CHART - LINE DRAWING - GEMINI PARASAIL DEPLOYMENT

Astronaut John Glenn and technician examine interior of Liberty Bell 7

US Air Force (USAF) F-15C Eagle fighter Pilots from the 27th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Langley Air Force Base (AFB), Virginia (VA), returning from a mandatory evacuation to Grissom Air Reserve Base (ARB), Indiana (IN). Langley evacuated all flyable aircraft parked on their runway before Hurricane Isabel made landfall

A crane aboard the U.S. Air Force missile recovery ship (MR-85 1603) lifts a Firebee drone from the deck of the ship to a trailer on the dock. The drone was recovered from the water after having served as a target for aircraft participating in the air-to-air combat training exercise William Tell '82

USARJ Maj. Gen. James Boozer, USAG-J Joy Curriera,

Grissom fuels training leaves no Airman behind

Gemini 8 spacecraft hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Leonard F. Mason

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Between 1962 and 1963, the Mission Control Center was modified to handle the additional complexities of the Gemini Program. In 1962, Pan American World Airways Inc. was contracted to design an addition to the facility, which wrapped around the east, north, and most of the west and south sides. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States' early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Program, when it was renamed Mission Control Center. With its operational days behind, on June 1, 1967, the Mission Control Center became a stop on the public tour of NASA facilities until the mid-90s. In 1999, much of the equipment and furnishings from the Flight Control Area were moved to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where they became part of the exhibit there. The building was demolished in spring 2010. Photo credit: NASA KSC-LOC-63-5635

Apollo 13 Mission Control Celebrates

Lunch under the trees - Leslie Adkin

Apollo 13 crew recovery after splashdown

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johnson space center gemini program gemini recovery mercury spacecraft mercury spacecraft mr mercury project high resolution helicopter spacecraft hatch marine corps helicopter attempts grissom recovery ship mr 4 mission liberty bell astronaut virgil uss randolph photo credit us marine corps nasa