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Photograph of Liftoff of Aurora 7 Spacecraft (

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U.S. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. 7/24/1958-2/11/1977

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Photograph of Liftoff of Aurora 7 Spacecraft

Description

Scope and content: Original caption: Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Moment of liftoff. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter inside the Aurora 7 spacecraft atop the Atlas booster seconds after leaving Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral. Carpenter became the second American to orbit the earth and after three orbits landed approximately 200 miles east of Puerto Rico where he was plucked from the ocean by long range Navy helicopters from the Carrier USS intrepid.

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24 May 1962

Collection

National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
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	Authority control	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 Open Library: OL132313A LCCN: n84176101 WorldCat

National Archives Building - Archives I (Washington, DC)

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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 7479632.

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Record group: Record Group 46: Records of the U.S. Senate (National Archives Identifier: 375)
Series: Committee Papers, 1958 - 1976 (National Archives Identifier: 566976)

HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-15748
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