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Liberty Bell 7 is a
refrigerator-size, bell-shape spacecraft with a crack
painted down its side to represent the original Liberty
Bell, a symbol of hope.
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Liberty Bell 7 flew
as part of the Mercury program, which lasted 55 months,
involved 7,300 contractors, 2 million people, and cost
more than $400 million.
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The
capsule finally landed
in the Blake Basin,
a deep place in the
Atlantic where the
Sun never shines and
saltwater freezes.
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As the Liberty Bell 7
was disassembled, the restoration crew found cigarette
butts, a disposable plastic cup, a small bar of soap,
$10.20 in cash and silver certificates, and $5.20 in Mercury
dimes, many with unidentified initials and symbols scratched
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