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A Sikorsky HUS-1 Seahorse (after 1962 UH-34E) of Marine squadron HMM-262 from the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39) retireving the Freedom 7 spacecraft (Mercury-Redstone 3), with which astronaut Alan Shepard made the first U.S. suborbital flight into space on 5 May 1961 (location: 27.23° N 75.88° W). |
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U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News June 1961 [1] |
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5 May 1961 |
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USN |
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| current | 21:17, 31 March 2008 | 532×338 (54 KB) | Cobatfor | ({{Information |Description=A Sikorsky HUS-1 ''Seahorse'' (after 1962 UH-34E) of Marine squadron HMM-262 from the U.S. aircraft carrier ''USS Lake Champlain (CVS-39)'' retireving the ''Freedom 7'' spacecraft (''Mercury-Redstone 3''), with which astronaut A) |
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