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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
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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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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper and NASA engineers into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission. |
| Date |
10.05.1962 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
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| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper and NASA engineers into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1962-10-05 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
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| Title |
Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1962-10-05 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra lea
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Astronaut Walter Schirra leaves transport van for Pad 14 and MA-8 mission |
| Description |
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, steps from a transport van as he arrives at Cape Canaveral's Pad 14 during the MA-8 prelaunch countdown. Schirra is accompanied by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (in white coveralls), MA-8 backup pilot. |
| Date Taken |
1962-10-05 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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Northwest view of Pakistan,
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| Title |
Northwest view of Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
A northwest-looking view across Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Part of the Ganges delta nea
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| Title |
Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Tibet-Kashmir, looking north
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| Title |
Tibet-Kashmir, looking northwest, photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
Tibet-Kashmir, looking northwest, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. Lake Ch'in-Tzu-Hu is at upper right, Lake Yen-K'o-Ling-Ts is at lower left center. The Korakaram Range is at upper center portion of the picture. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Indus River above Hyderabad
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| Title |
Indus River above Hyderabad photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
Indus River above Hyderabad, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Southern portion of Taiwan p
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| Title |
Southern portion of Taiwan photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight, and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Tibetan Plateau photographed
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| Title |
Tibetan Plateau photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
View of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. The center of the photograph is near 91 degrees east longitude and 34 degrees 30 minutes north latitude. This view includes lakes and snow-covered highlands. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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View of the Himalaya Mountai
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| Title |
View of the Himalaya Mountain Range photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
View of the Himalaya Mountain Range in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Photograph of Burma's west c
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| Title |
Photograph of Burma's west coast taken during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
Photograph of Burma's west coast, west of Rangoon. Irrawaddy River on the right, taken by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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East-looking view across Atl
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| Title |
East-looking view across Atlantic waters during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
East looking view across Atlantic waters toward Africa, showing Mauritania and Spanish Sahara photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Great Indian Desert photogra
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| Title |
Great Indian Desert photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
The Great Indian Desert, located west of New Delhi, India, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Changsha area showing Tung T
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Changsha area showing Tung Ting Lake region photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
Changsha area in China, showing Tung Ting lake region, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Photograph taken south of Ha
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Photograph taken south of Hawaii during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
Photograph taken South of Hawaii near 12N. 166W, by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Tibetan Lake Country photogr
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| Title |
Tibetan Lake Country photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
Tibetan Lake Country North of Katmandu, west of Ihasa, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Photograph taken Eastern Him
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Photograph taken Eastern Himalayas during MA-9 22 orbit |
| Description |
Photograph taken of eastern Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule taken by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Lakes in western Tibet photo
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| Title |
Lakes in western Tibet photographed during MA-9 flight |
| Description |
Lakes of Western Tibet, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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Calligraphied prayer of Astr
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Calligraphied prayer of Astronaut Gordon Cooper during 17th orbit |
| Description |
Calligraphied prayer of Astronaut Gordon Cooper, pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, during 17th orbit of the Earth in the "Faith 7". |
| Date Taken |
1963-07-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper part
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| Title |
Astronaut Gordon Cooper participates in pre-flight simulation training |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 earth orbital space mission, participates in pre-flight simulation training inside his Mercury capsule at Cape Canaveral. |
| Date Taken |
1964-02-12 |
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