Mercury space capsule and crane

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A crane on the Intrepid aircraft carrier hoisting a Mercury space capsule of a type used to launch single US astronauts in the early 1960s. The carrier is the site of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum docked in New York harbour, New York, USA.

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Photo credit: © MARK WILLIAMSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1960s, aircraft, america, american, astronaut, capsule, carrier, crane, engineerin, historic, hoist, hoisting, intrepid, lift, lifting, mercury, museum, space, spacecraft, states, technological, technology, united, usa, york