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Mercury -- April 1959
NASA introduced the Project
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8/25/08
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NASA introduced the Project Mercury astronauts to the world on April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established. Known as the Mercury Seven or Original Seven, they are (front row, left to right) Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, (back row) Alan B. Shepard Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. |
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8/25/08 |
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Mercury -- May 1963
Mercury astronaut L. Gordon
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7/16/08
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Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is wearing a spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
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7/16/08 |
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Gemini -- August 1965
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper J
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7/16/08
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is hoisted up to a U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean after the record-setting eight-day Gemini V mission. |
| Date |
7/16/08 |
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Mercury-Atlas 9
Technicians were performing
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4/10/09
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Technicians were performing pre-launch testing of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral when this photo was taken on May 14, 1963. A day later on May 15, Gordon Cooper successfully piloted this his 'Faith 7' spacecraft for more than 34 hours and 22 orbits. Cooper's flight stretched the capabilities of the Mercury capsule to the limits. His 34-hour flight lasted more than three times the longest U.S. human space flight until that time, and far exceeded the initial design capability of the capsule. Image Credit: NASA |
| Date |
4/10/09 |
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Aerial View of Launch Comple
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| Title |
Aerial View of Launch Complex 14 |
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Aerial view of Launch Complex 14 with Missile Row visible to the right. Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9), visible on Pad 14, is scheduled to carry astronaut Gordon Cooper for the fourth manned orbital mission. |
| Date |
5/7/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo
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| Title |
Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. |
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Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in his pressure suit with helmet during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
| Date |
02/25/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury astronauts survival
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| Title |
Mercury astronauts survival training |
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The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Picture from left to right are L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, John H. Glenn, Jr., Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area. |
| Date |
1960 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury On Deck
| Title |
Mercury On Deck |
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The crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge spell out the words "Mercury 9" on the ship's flight deck while on the way to the recovery area where astronaut Gordon Cooper is expected to splash down in his "Faith 7" Mercury space capsule. |
| Date |
05/15/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Navy frogmen swim to spacecr
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| Title |
Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval |
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A U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper inside, as his fellow team members bring up the floatation gear to be attached to the spacecraft. The main chute floats at top left, and the ejected reserve chute floats at the lower right of the spacecraft in the green dye area. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Groups 1 and 2
| Title |
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2 |
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Astronaut Groups 1 and 2. The original seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959, are seated (left to right): L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Water M. Schirra Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. The second group of NASA astronauts, which were named in September, 1962, are standing (left to right): Edward H. White II, James A. McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See Jr., Charles Conrad Jr., Frank Borman, Neil A. Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford, and James A. Lovell Jr. |
| Date |
01/01/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Original 7 Astronauts in Spa
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| Title |
Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits |
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Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter, back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper. |
| Date |
09/13/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Langley Research Center |
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Astronaut survival training
| Title |
Astronaut survival training |
| Full Description |
Astronauts participate in tropical survival training at Albrook Air Force Base near the Panama Canal. From left to right are an unidentified trainer, Neil Armstrong, John H. Glenn, Jr., L. Gordon Cooper, and Pete Conrad. Survival training was, and still is, an important exercise for astronauts, as a launch abort or misguided reentry could potentially land them in a remote wilderness area. |
| Date |
03/11/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Project Mercury Astronauts
| Title |
Project Mercury Astronauts |
| Full Description |
Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. They are: front row, left to right, Walter H. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter, back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper. |
| Date |
9/13/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Conrad and Cooper Practice S
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| Title |
Conrad and Cooper Practice Survival Training |
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Prime crew for the Gemini 5 space flight, astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., (in water) and L. Gordon Cooper Jr., (in raft) practice survival techniques following successful egress from their Gemini Static Article V spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico. Cooper is command pilot and Conrad is pilot for the Gemini 5 mission. |
| Date |
07/21/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper
| Title |
Cooper |
| Full Description |
Launch of Mercury Atlas 9 rocket with astronaut Gordon Cooper onboard from Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. |
| Date |
5/15/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Cooper
| Title |
Cooper |
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Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. |
| Date |
5/15/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Cooper and Capsule on Deck
| Title |
Cooper and Capsule on Deck |
| Full Description |
Recovery personnel bring the Mercury space capsule "Faith 7" onboard the recovery ship U.S.S. Kearsarge with astronaut Gordon Cooper still inside. Once secured on deck, Cooper will jettison the Capsule's hatch allowing for his removal. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper and Conrad Await Reco
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| Title |
Cooper and Conrad Await Recovery Helicopter |
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Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft. They are photographed boarding a life raft with the help of Navy divers. Overhead view of the Gemini 5 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas. The green marker dye is highly visible from the air and is used as a locating aid. One of the crewmembers is standing on the floation collar while the other is in the life raft. A Navy diver is standing by to assist the crew when they are hoisted up by the recovery helicopter. |
| Date |
08/21/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper and Conrad Enroute to
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| Title |
Cooper and Conrad Enroute to Launch Pad |
| Full Description |
Gemini 5 Prime Crew, Charles "Pete" Conrad and Gordon Cooper in their silver pressure suits are greeted by employees as they make their way to the launch pad. |
| Date |
7/28/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Cooper and Conrad on Deck
| Title |
Cooper and Conrad on Deck |
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Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean. |
| Date |
08/29/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery
| Title |
Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery |
| Full Description |
Navy Divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Cooper's Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Faith 7 shortly after splashdown. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper Departs Transfer Van
| Title |
Cooper Departs Transfer Van |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper departing the Transfer Van in his silver pressure suit and helmet, is greeted with applause from the assembled Pad 14 employees. When he arrives at the base of the service tower, he'll ride an elevator up to where his Mercury spacecraft nicknamed, "Faith 7" awaits his arrival. |
| Date |
5/15/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7
| Title |
Cooper Egressing "Faith 7 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted in backing out of his Mecury capsule "Faith 7" after a 600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the Kearsarge, as did Astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper Inside Faith 7 After
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| Title |
Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7." Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off. |
| Date |
05/16/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Dr. Wernher von Braun and As
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| Title |
Dr. Wernher von Braun and Astronaut Cooper |
| Full Description |
Dr. Wernher von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation of MR-3 (Freedom 7) mission on May 5, 1961. The MR-3 mission, a 15-1/2 minutes sub-orbital test flight, put the first American, Astronaut Alan Shepard, in space. |
| Date |
5/5/1961 |
| NASA Center |
Marshall Space Flight Center |
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Gemini 5 Launch
| Title |
Gemini 5 Launch |
| Full Description |
NASA launched the Gemini 5 spacecraft, August 21, 1965 at 0900 EST on a planned eight-day mission from Complex 19. Astronaut Gordon Cooper was the Command Pilot and Charles Conrad the Pilot. This was the longest manned spaceflight at the time. |
| Date |
8/21/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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Gemini V Splashdown and Reco
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| Title |
Gemini V Splashdown and Recovery |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Command Pilot of the Gemini V spacecraft is hoisted into a recovery helicopter after the Gemini 5 eight day mission. The NASA Gemini 5 spacecraft was launched at 9:00 a.m., EST, August 21, 1965. Splashdown occured at 7:56 a.m., EST, August 29, 1965. |
| Date |
08/29/1965 |
| NASA Center |
Headquarters |
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Gordon Cooper in Helmet and
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| Title |
Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch. |
| Date |
4/30/1963 |
| NASA Center |
Kennedy Space Center |
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The Mercury Seven Astronauts
| Title |
The Mercury Seven Astronauts |
| Full Description |
The Original Mercury Seven astronauts with a U.S. Air Force F-106B jet aircraft. From left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Jr., Walter M. Wally Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Donald K. Deke Slayton. |
| Date |
01/20/1971 |
| NASA Center |
Langley Research Center |
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Dr. von Braun With Five of t
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun With Five of the Original Astronauts |
| Date of Image |
1959-01-01 |
| Full Description |
Five of the seven original astronauts are seen with Dr. von Braun inspecting the Mercury-Redstone hardware in the Fabrication Laboratory of Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in 1959. Left to right: Astronauts Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, and Dr. von Braun. |
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Dr. von Braun Tries Out the
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun Tries Out the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) |
| Date of Image |
1967-11-14 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper checks the neck ring of a space suit worn by Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director, Dr. von Braun before he submerges into the water of the MSFC Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS). Wearing a pressurized suit and weighted to a neutrally buoyant condition, Dr. von Braun was able to perform tasks underwater which simulated weightless conditions found in space. |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
| Name of Image |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper |
| Date of Image |
1959-04-27 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-9 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle, was the last flight of the Mercury Project. The Faith 7 spacecraft orbited the Earth 22 times in 1-1/2 days. |
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The Original Seven Astronaut
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| Name of Image |
The Original Seven Astronauts in Front of an Air Force Jet |
| Date of Image |
2004-04-15 |
| Full Description |
The original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project pose in front of an Air Force Jet. From left to right: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Walter M. Wally Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, and Donald K. Deke Slayton. |
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Dr. von Braun with Seven Ori
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun with Seven Original Mercury Astronauts |
| Date of Image |
1959-01-01 |
| Full Description |
In this photo, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown briefing the seven original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory. (Left to right) Guss Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Donald Slayton, and Dr. von Braun. |
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Dr. von Braun with Original
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun with Original Mercury Astronauts |
| Date of Image |
1959-01-01 |
| Full Description |
Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, poses with the original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. Inspecting Mercury-Redstone hardware are from left to right, Alan Shepard, Donald Deke Slayton, Virgil Gus Grissom, von Braun, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter. Project Mercury officially began October 7, 1958 as the United States' first manned space program. |
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Original Seven Astronauts
| Name of Image |
Original Seven Astronauts |
| Date of Image |
1959-04-27 |
| Full Description |
The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front: Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter. Left to right at rear: Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. |
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The Recovery Operation of th
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| Name of Image |
The Recovery Operation of the Faith 7 |
| Date of Image |
1963-05-16 |
| Full Description |
The recovery operation of the Faith 7 spacecraft after the completion of the 1-1/2 day orbital flight (MA-9 mission) with Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Navy frogmen attach the flotation collar to the spacecraft. The MA-9 mission was the last flight of the Mercury Project and launched on May 15, 1963 boosted by The Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle. |
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Dr. von Braun and Astronaut
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun and Astronaut Cooper During MR-3 Recovery |
| Date of Image |
1961-05-05 |
| Full Description |
Photographed are Dr. von Braun and Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the blockhouse during the recovery operation of the MR-3 (Freedom 7) mission on May 5, 1961. The MR-3 mission, a 15-1/2-minute suborbital test flight, put the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in space. |
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Ethiopian Emperor Attends Ap
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| Name of Image |
Ethiopian Emperor Attends Apollo 11 Briefing |
| Date of Image |
1969-07-15 |
| Full Description |
During a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) briefing on the next day?s Apollo 11 launch, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (with raised hand) asks a question of Rocco A. Petrone, director of launch operations at KSC. To the right of the emperor is astronaut Gordon Cooper and to his left is Dr. Kurt Debus, director of KSC. The first manned lunar launch occurred at 9:32 am on July 16, 1969. The crew included astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. After 21/2 hours of collecting samples on the lunar surface, the crew safely splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on July 24, 1969. With the success of Apollo 11, the national objective to land men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth had been accomplished. |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper Afte
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| Name of Image |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper After Recovery |
| Date of Image |
1963-05-16 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves the Faith 7 (MA-9) spacecraft after a successful recovery operation. The MA-9 mission, the last flight of the Mercury Project, was launched on May 15, 1963, orbited the Earth 22 times, and lasted for 1-1/2 days. |
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Astronaut Cooper After the R
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| Name of Image |
Astronaut Cooper After the Recovery |
| Date of Image |
1963-05-15 |
| Full Description |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves the Faith 7 (MA-9) spacecraft after a successful recovery operation. The MA-9 mission, the last flight of the Mercury Project, was launched on May 15, 1963, orbited the Earth 22 times, and lasted for 1-1/2 days. |
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Mercury astronauts at the Sa
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| Title |
Mercury astronauts at the Sam Houston Colosseum, Houston, Texas |
| Description |
The original seven Mercury astronauts, each wearing new cowboy hats and a badge in the shape of a star, are pictured on stage at the Sam Houston Colosseum. A large crowd was on hand to welcome them to Houston, Texas. Left to right are astronauts M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Sen. John Tower (R.-Texas) is seen in far right background. |
| Date |
07.04.1962 |
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Mercury astronauts standing
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| Title |
Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft |
| Description |
Photo of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft. They are, left to right, M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. |
| Date |
01.20.1961 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper appe
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper appears before newsmen at preflight press conference |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 9 space mission, appears before newsmen at a preflight press conference. |
| Date |
02.08.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin (03974), Cooper prior to entering the Mercury Spacecraft for a series of simulated flight tests. During these tests NASA doctors, engineers and technicians monitor Cooper's performance (03975), Cooper undergoing suit pressurization tests (03976). |
| Date |
03.01.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper stan
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper stands beside his spacecraft during preflight testing |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight testing. Cooper named his spacecraft the Faith 7. |
| Date |
05.01.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walk
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper walks to elevator to spacecraft "Faith 7 |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. waited inside the transfer van for several minutes and then leaving the transfer van walked to the elevator which took him to the spacecraft "Faith 7" atop the Atlas vehicle for his mission. |
| Date |
05.15.1963 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walk
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper walks up path filled with cactus during field trip |
| Description |
Maguey, cholla, ocotillo and other cactus grows beside Astronaut Gordon Cooper's path while he is on a geological expedition in the Big Bend region of West Texas. |
| Date |
04.03.1964 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper e
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| Title |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains camera to backup pilot Astronaut Shepard |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains the 16mm handheld spacecraft camera to his back up pilot Astronaut Alan Shepard. The camera, designed by J.R. Hereford of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., will be used by Cooper during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission to photograph experiments in space for M.I.T. and the Weather Bureau. |
| Date |
01.01.1963 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper o
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| Title |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on weight and balance scale |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper on weight and balance scale in the White Room, Hanger S at Cape Canaveral. |
| Date |
09.10.1962 |
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