The U.S. Destroyer, USS Barton (DD-722) underway slowly in the Cape Canaveral Ship Channel, Cape Canaveral, Florida. She is one of the ships in the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission recovery task force.
The U.S. Destroyer, USS Wren (DD-568) is seen in the Cape Canaveral Ship Channel while serving on the recovery task force for the NASA Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. A commercial cargo ship is seen making way in the Channel.
Colonel John Powers and Mercury project personnel hold press conference at Cocoa Beach, Florida regarding the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Colonel John Powers speaks at the press conference. One person wipes his face with his handkerchief One person smokes. One of them opens a box and shows it to conference. The room appears to be uncomfortably hot. Attendees wipe their faces. They talk to each other. Other persons speak.
Following his return to Patrick Air Force Base, from Grand Turk Island, at the conclusion of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, a motorcade honoring Astronaut Scott Carpenter and his wife, Florence, proceeds from Patrick Air Force Base to Cape Canaveral in Florida. The car carrying Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter and his wife is surrounded by accompanying motorcycle policemen. Crowds line the streets to watch the motorcade. People take photographs of the Carpenters and he waves to them.
Military Air Transport Service C-121G airplane on parking ramp at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Gus Grissom talks to friends. Astronaut Scott Carpenter talks to friends. One gives Carpenter a box, that he carries, as he and Grissom and others board the airplane. Photographer takes photos of astronauts.
Mrs Florence Carpenter and children greet Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter, as he steps from a MATS C-121 aircraft, at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida. He has just returned from Grand Turk Island, following his successful Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission in space. His children greet and talk to Scott Carpenter. Photographer takes pictures. Astronaut Carpenter speaks with a lady and says a few words into a microphone.
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