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NASA Center: Marshall Space Flight Center
Image # : 6415627
Date : 5/5/1961

Title

Dr. Wernher von Braun and Astronaut Cooper

Full Description

Dr. Wernher von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation of MR-3 (Freedom 7) mission on May 5, 1961. The MR-3 mission, a 15-1/2 minutes sub-orbital test flight, put the first American, Astronaut Alan Shepard, in space.

Keywords

Wernher von Braun Gordon Cooper Gordo Cooper MR-3 Freedom 7 Alan Shepard Al Shepard

Subject Category

Mercury-Astronaut, NASA Management,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: MSFC
  • Center Number: 6415627
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000038

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  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Thumbnail JPEG 90 66 11
Small JPEG 640 470 122
Medium JPEG 1500 1102 405
Large JPEG 3000 2204 4,431

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