A U.S. Navy Sikorsky SH-3A <i>Sea King</i> of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron HS-6 <i>indians</i> dropping rescue swimmers around a Mercury space capsule mock-up during recovery practice prior to the Mercury-Atlas 9 ("Faith 7") mission flown by Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, USAF. HS-6 was assigned to Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 53 (CVSG-53) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Kearsarge</i> (CVS-33) and recovered "Faith 7" on 16 May 1963 about 100 km south-east of Midway Atoll.
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