TIER 3 — SUPPORTING DOCUMENT
Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961
FILE ID NASA-UAP-D014TYPE AUDIOAGENCY NASACLASS UNCLASSIFIED
EVENT DETAILS
- DATE
- July 21, 1961
- LOCATION
- Atlantic Ocean
DOCUMENT SUMMARY
A recording of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) recovery team discussing a dye pack in the water that did not activate during post-splashdown recovery operations in July 1961.
WHY IT MATTERS
Supporting context document from Project Mercury recovery operations, providing mission-level detail for the earliest U.S. human spaceflight program.
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OFFICIAL SOURCE
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