Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft is retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean
S62-00941 (20 Feb. 1962) --- The Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-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. Photo credit: NASA
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S62-00941
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March 16, 1962
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