File:SH-3A Sea King HS-6 practicing Mercury space capsule recovery 1963.jpg
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| Description | A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A Sea King of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron HS-6 indians dropping rescue swimmers around a Mercury space capsule mock-up during recovery practice prior to the Mercury-Atlas 9 ("Faith 7") mission flown by Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, USAF. HS-6 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) and recovered "Faith 7" on 16 May 1963 about 100 km south-east of Midway Atoll. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2008.103.016 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
| Other versions | File:SH-3A Sea King of HS-6 practices Mercury space capsule recovery 1963.jpg |
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