Lost spacecraft

Description:

The details my expedition to find and recover Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 Mercury spacecraft from 16,000 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean. Also included are descriptions of Project Mercury, the inner workings of the Mercury spacecraft, development of underwater technology, and background on the astronaut, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom who flew the spacecraft during America's second manned space mission on July 21, 1961.

subjects: History,  Project Mercury (U.S.),  Recovery,  Space vehicles,  Underwater archaeology,  salvage,  Remotely Operated Vehicles,  sonar,  Space Shuttle Challenger,  Air India Flight 182,  Grissom, virgil i., 1926-1967

People: Virgil I. Grissom,  Curt Newport,  Tom Hanks,  Guenter Wendt,  Simon Lake,  John Holland

Places: Cape Canaveral,  FL

Times: 1985 to 1999