1961 NASA, Project Mercury Recovery, Marine helicopter has Astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom in harness…official, genuine, period specific, black & white gloss, press publicity, public affairs office (PAO) photograph. NASA reference #61-MR4-99. Overall condition is fair. Lot sold as is.
Mercury-Redstone 4 mission, Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, was the second crewed flight of Project Mercury, piloted by Astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom, launched on July 21, 1961, splashdown minutes later in the North Atlantic Ocean on July 21.
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