SpaceArchive.net | MSFC-6415627 - Mercury-Redstone 3 - von Braun and Gordon Cooper during MR-3 recovery operations


NASA ID: MSFC-6415627	Mission: Mercury-Redstone 3	Taken/released on: 5/5/1961

von Braun and Gordon Cooper during MR-3 recovery operations

Photographed are Dr. von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation of the MR-3 (Freedom 7) mission on May 5, 1961. The MR-3 mission, a 15-1/2-minute suborbital test flight, put the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in space. (Source: MSFC)

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Alternative PhotoIDs: M61-1044-27

Keywords: von braun gordon gordo cooper mercury redstone mr-3

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Image last modify: 28/11/2004

Credits: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center;

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