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![[Technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4d39aa58160eb9a3d59fa08654e0105e.jpg "[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 being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown]
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![[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard being hoisted aboard Sikorsky S-58 helicopter after Freedom 7 splashdown]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/38ef79dd270ebf0da3fad86b1bd67e9e.jpg "[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]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/3f5ae0c919f1762738169275c2890583.jpg "[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.
![[Launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), May 5, 1961]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4f932336c540776f29f87b3e1688a526.jpg "[Launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), May 5, 1961]")
Photograph of the launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7), Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 5, 1961.
![[Alan B. Shepard and Freedom 7 capsule aboard USS Lake Champlain]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/ec9c9f155eef7910718c4a2f6fa2f428.jpg "[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.
![[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter recovering Freedom 7 capsule]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/40507fc05aa79258a49ccafc98f9c964.jpg "[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.
![[Technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0ce72c32d9246e751e2e94850637d369.jpg "[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.
![[Sikorsky S-58 helicopter delivering Freedom 7 capsule to USS Lake Champlain]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e1173c9980a9676ee3672cc5edf7388f.jpg "[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.
![[Servicemen gathered around Freedom 7 capsule, USS Lake Champlain]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7d23085c545a2adf58ddf0fc47ec2f4f.jpg "[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.
![[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving medical exam]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c237e7f92e6a4a06d0c003e1e28eea18.jpg "[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving medical exam]")
Photograph of astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving a medical exam, circa 1961.