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15 of 15 from 50 years ago, second U.S. manned orbital flight (photos)
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid. Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the U.S.S. Intrepid after a 4 hour and 56 minute mission in space.
May 24, 2012 7:32 PM PDT
Photo by: NASA
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