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Explorer1
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posted 03-27-2020 01:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Explorer1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Friendship 7 landed off course and therefore was not picked up by the primary recovery ship, the USS Randolph. Instead, Glenn was picked up by a secondary ship, the USS Noa. Once he was aboard the Noa, Glenn got out of his spacesuit and put on a blue NASA jumpsuit and stored his spacesuit in a specially made locker designed for the suit.

I was surprised by this because I would have thought only the primary recovery ship would have such conveniences (especially the spacesuit lockers). Were all of the secondary recovery ships on Mercury missions equipped with jumpsuits and spacesuit lockers for the astronauts?

Jim Behling
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posted 03-27-2020 07:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jim Behling   Click Here to Email Jim Behling     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-27-2020 10:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Explorer1:
...stored his spacesuit in a specially made locker designed for the suit.
From the photos of Glenn packing his pressure suit, there doesn't appear to be anything special about the container. Can you share where you found that the locker was specially designed for the garment?

Explorer1
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posted 03-28-2020 01:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Explorer1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
On second glance Robert, you are right. That looks like a conventional case.

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