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RECOVERY OF TRAINING CAPSULE, SEPTEMBER 13, 1961

NASA [PROJECT MERCURY]

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RECOVERY OF TRAINING CAPSULE, SEPTEMBER 13, 1961

NASA [PROJECT MERCURY]

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Project Mercury / Unidentified photographer

Recovery of training capsule

September 13, 1961

Vintage photograph with NASA HQ caption with identifying number "60-M-29" on the verso and a green National Aeronautics & Space Administration stamp.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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James HyslopHead of Department, Science & Natural History
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Pensacola, Florida – Project Mercury Astronaut Captain Virgil I. Grissom squeezes out the narrow neck of the egress training capsule and rips open survival kit which contains inflatable one-man life raft, portable emergency radio transmitter, and other survival gear.

From NASA caption.

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