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Liberty Bell 7 Expeditions

  First search for Liberty Bell 7 in 1992 using the Deep Ocean Search System (DOSS)   Hugh Sease and Buddy Eanes of UXB International with SOFAR bomb
       
  Oceaneering crew taking a well-deserved break   Making the final connection to the sunken capsule
       
  Launching the Magellan 725 Remotely Operated Vehicle   Reefing line cutter found in Grissom's personal parachute
       
  Attaching a lifting shackle to a recovery tool on Liberty Bell 7   Artist Alfred Mira’s depiction of the discovery of the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft on May 1, 1999, in his recent oil painting. This particular work of art will soon be offered for sale as a high-quality print, each signed by Curt Newport, leader of the successful 1999 expedition.
         

Capsule's interior immediately after recovery (note forward hatch stuck in opening at left)liberty_bell_1.htmlSide scan sonar entering the oceanGuenter Wendt at Port Canaveral with Liberty Bell 7 in backgroundLiberty Bell 7 just after recovery on July 20, 1999

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