U-2

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES

06.28.2010

Courtesy Photo

NASA

E-5442 After Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union during a CIA spy flight on 1 May 1960 NASA issued a press release with a cover story about a U-2 conducting weather research that may have strayed off course after the pilot reported difficulties with his oxygen equipment. 6 May 1960 NASA Photo

NASA Identifier: 340043main_E-5442

• Date Taken: 06.28.2010
• Date Posted: 10.19.2012 16:23
• Photo ID: 754165
• Resolution: 3000x2294
• Size: 850.16 KB
• Location: WASHINGTON, DC, US