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[Technician assisting astronaut Alan B. Shepard with his spacesuit prior to Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) launch] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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

[Alan B. Shepard and Freedom 7 capsule aboard USS Lake Champlain] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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.

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard receiving medical exam] (Item)

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

[Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in test seat] (Item)

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

Astro affairs / Organization of 1st Astronaut Office [notebook belonging to Deke Slayton] (Item)

Spiral-bound, "steno"-style notebook of handwritten notes by astronaut Deke Slayton during the Mercury Program, circa 1958-1963. The contents of the notebook illustrate the organizational structure of the department, problems that needed to be addressed, future program plans, and policies that were to be published. Each of these topics are further detailed by lists and brief notes. 22 pages of…