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Originally Posted by Omaroo
Just watched a great little documentary on Discovery - made about the raising of Gus Grissom's "Liberty Bell 7" Mercury spacecraft back in 1999. Fantastic footage and they managed to get it up after 38 years of existence 15,000 feet under the waves. I hadn't seen this before, and it was well worth watching.
http://aesp.nasa.okstate.edu/fieldgu...cury/mr-4.html |
Is this the one where they have Gunter Wendt on the ship when it's raised? Good documentary.
I saw a Mercury spacecraft on display in a museum in Lucerne, Switzerland (no idea how it got there, or what it was - probably an old boilerplate model). They are tiny!