History: A Marine helicopter picks up Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard and his Freedom 7 capsule in the Atlantic Ocean after the first U.S. human spaceflight on May 5, 1961. Minutes later he was onboard U.S. Navy carrier Lake Champlain where he took a congratulatory phone call from John F. Kennedy. [4000x3023]

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