A Sikorsky UH-34 helicopter
A Sikorsky UH-34 helicopter lifts the Mercury capsule, Freedom 7, out of the Atlantic following the first US sub-orbital spaceflight carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard. 5 May 1961
Picture No
10839280
Media ID
48050324
Size
4000px x 3064px
(1.2MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library) / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1961
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