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Helicopter Rescue Crook-on loan from NASA
NASA1961
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle, United States
A Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter flight crew from Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron (Light) 262 used this crook to recover Alan B. Shephard after his Freedom 7 spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean on 5 May 1961.
The artifact is on loan to the National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) from the National Air and Space Administration. It is included in the Spaceflight: The Marine Astronauts exhibition on display at NMMC through January 2024.
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- Title: Helicopter Rescue Crook-on loan from NASA
- Creator: NASA
- Date Created: 1961
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