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  Grissom (left) with fellow F-86 pilots at Presque Isle, Maine   Grissom posing   Sub-orbital flight profile
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  Hoisting Liberty Bell 7 to top of Redstone  
More prelaunch work
  
Liftoff on July 21, 1961
           
  Liberty Bell 7 after splashdown  
Mercury Redstone Mission
  
Helicopter recovery efforts (note Grissom in water at left)
           
  Liberty Bell 7 below helicopter just before being jettisoned  
Grissom joking around after MR-4 mission
  
Grissom entering Liberty Bell 7
           

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