Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection

Title

Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection

Description

The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of 11 4x5" black-and-white photographs depicting the preparation and recovery of the Mercury-Redstone 3 flight of Alan B. Shepard in 1961. The images show: technicians assisting Shepard with his spacesuit prior to launch; Shepard seated in Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch; Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown; a Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7 capsule; the Sikorsky S-58 helicopter delivering Freedom 7 capsule to USS Lake Champlain; servicemen gathered around Freedom 7 capsule; Shepard in test seat; and Shepard receiving a medical exam. The images were taken by an unidentified member of the mission recovery team.

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Date

1961

Language

All materials are in English.

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Michael B. Gordon Mercury Photographs Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2011-10-27

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[Technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch]
Photograph of a technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to the Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving medical exam]
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving a medical exam, circa 1961.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in test seat]
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard in a test seat, circa 1961.

[Servicemen gathered around Freedom 7 capsule, USS Lake Champlain]
Photograph of servicemen gathered around the Freedom 7 capsule, USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter delivering Freedom 7 capsule to USS Lake Champlain]
Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) delivering the Freedom 7 capsule to the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.

[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7 capsule]
Photograph of a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter (number 149767, tail code ET) recovering the Freedom 7 capsule, May 5, 1961.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown]
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after the Freedom 7 splashdown, May 5, 1961. The Freedom 7 capsule is visible in the water below.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard seated in Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch]
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard seated in the Freedom 7 capsule prior to launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

[Technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch]
Photograph of a technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to the Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch, Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.

[Alan B. Shepard and Freedom 7 capsule aboard USS Lake Champlain]
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard and the Freedom 7 capsule aboard the USS Lake Champlain (CV-39), May 5, 1961.
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