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Images by Gordon Cooper and L. Gordon Cooper of Johnson Space Center (JSC)
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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo
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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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Conrad and Cooper Practice S
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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 and Capsule on Deck
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Cooper and Capsule on Deck |
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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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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 on Deck
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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
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Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery |
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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 Egressing "Faith 7
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7 |
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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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Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown |
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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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