File:Liberty Bell 7 1999.jpg
Summary
A close-up of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell_7" class="extiw" title="w:Liberty Bell 7">Liberty Bell 7</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" class="extiw" title="w:Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a> capsule, recovered from the ocean floor, shows the lettering "United States" still clearly visible on its side. Thirty-eight years before, the capsule made a successful 16-minute <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/suborbital" class="extiw" title="w:suborbital">suborbital</a> flight, with astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_%22Gus%22_Grissom" class="extiw" title='w:Virgil "Gus" Grissom'>Virgil "Gus" Grissom</a> aboard, and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. A prematurely jettisoned hatch caused the capsule to flood and a Marine rescue helicopter was unable to lift it. It quickly sank to a three-mile (5 km) depth. Grissom was rescued but his spacecraft remained lost on the ocean floor, until July 20, 1999. In an expedition sponsored by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Channel" class="extiw" title="w:Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>, underwater salvage expert Curt Newport fulfilled a 14-year dream in finding and, after one abortive attempt, successfully raising the capsule and bringing it to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Canaveral" class="extiw" title="w:Port Canaveral">Port Canaveral</a>. The capsule was moved to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Cosmosphere_and_Space_Center" class="extiw" title="w:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center">Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas" class="extiw" title="w:Hutchinson, Kansas">Hutchinson, Kansas</a>, where it was restored for public display.
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| current | 22:22, 12 January 2017 | | 1,780 × 2,617 (727 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | A close-up of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Bell_7" class="extiw" title="w:Liberty Bell 7">Liberty Bell 7</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" class="extiw" title="w:Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a> capsule, recovered from the ocean floor, shows the lettering "United States" still clearly visible on its side. Thirty-eight years before, the capsule made a successful 16-minute <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/suborbital" class="extiw" title="w:suborbital">suborbital</a> flight, with astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil_%22Gus%22_Grissom" class="extiw" title='w:Virgil "Gus" Grissom'>Virgil "Gus" Grissom</a> aboard, and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. A prematurely jettisoned hatch caused the capsule to flood and a Marine rescue helicopter was unable to lift it. It quickly sank to a three-mile (5 km) depth. Grissom was rescued but his spacecraft remained lost on the ocean floor, until July 20, 1999. In an expedition sponsored by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Channel" class="extiw" title="w:Discovery Channel">Discovery Channel</a>, underwater salvage expert Curt Newport fulfilled a 14-year dream in finding and, after one abortive attempt, successfully raising the capsule and bringing it to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Canaveral" class="extiw" title="w:Port Canaveral">Port Canaveral</a>. The capsule was moved to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Cosmosphere_and_Space_Center" class="extiw" title="w:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center">Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas" class="extiw" title="w:Hutchinson, Kansas">Hutchinson, Kansas</a>, where it was restored for public display. |
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