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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. |
| 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 |
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4/10/09 |
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Aerial View of Launch Comple
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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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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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Cooper
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Cooper |
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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
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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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Gordon Cooper in Helmet and
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Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit |
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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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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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The Recovery Operation of th
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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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Astronaut Gordon Cooper appe
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper appears before newsmen at preflight press conference |
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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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Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests |
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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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Astronaut Gordon Cooper stands beside his spacecraft during preflight testing |
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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 L. Gordon Cooper e
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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 Walter Schirra is
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
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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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Original Mercury Astronauts
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Original Mercury Astronauts |
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The original Mercury Astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and John H. Glenn, Jr., sitting, left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Below the photo is a copy of each man's signature. Alternative photo number is B-59-41. |
| Date |
07.12.1962 |
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Full-length portrait of Merc
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Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in spacesuit |
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Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
| Date |
02.26.1963 |
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MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - ''FRI
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johnsonspacecentermediaarchi
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper J
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S63-03960
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1963-02-01 |
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NASA |
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S63-03960 |
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ASTRONAUT COOPER, GORDON L.
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper,
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1963-03-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walk
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper walks to elevator to spacecraft "Faith 7 |
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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 Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
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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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Original Mercury Astronauts
| Title |
Original Mercury Astronauts |
| Description |
The original Mercury Astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and John H. Glenn, Jr., sitting, left to right are Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Below the photo is a copy of each man's signature. Alternative photo number is B-59-41. |
| Date Taken |
1962-07-12 |
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is
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Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft |
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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 |
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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 appe
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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 Taken |
1963-02-08 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper stan
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper stands beside his spacecraft during preflight testing |
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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 Taken |
1963-05-01 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper e
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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 Taken |
1963-01-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper and
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper and technicians watch Atlas 130D hoisted into place |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper and General Dynamics pad technicians watch Atlas 130D being hoisted into place in the gantry at pad #14, Cape Canaveral, Florida. |
| Date Taken |
1963-03-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests |
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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 Taken |
1963-03-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leav
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves Hanger S for Pad 14 |
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Hanger "S" Mercury workers and News Media are greeted by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. as he leaves Hanger "S" for Pad 14 to start his 22-orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 mission. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-17 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper in h
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper in his spacecraft during pre-flight checks |
| Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.,prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, inside his Mercury spacecraft runs through one of the numerous pre-flight checks surrounded by dials, switches, indicators and buttons. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-11 |
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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 Taken |
1963-03-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests |
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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 Taken |
1963-03-01 |
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Full-length portrait of Merc
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Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in spacesuit |
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Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
| Date Taken |
1963-02-26 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper in c
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper in centrifuge for tests |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, is strapped into the gondola while undergoing tests in the centrifuge at the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pennsylvania. The centrifuge is used to investigate by simulation the pilot's capability to control the vehicle during the actual flight in its booster and reentry profile. |
| Date Taken |
1963-03-01 |
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft |
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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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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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Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
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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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Tibet-Kashmir, looking northwest, photographed during MA-9 flight |
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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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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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Southern portion of Taiwan photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
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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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Tibetan Plateau photographed during MA-9 22 orbit |
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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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Navy frogmen attach flotatio
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Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Mercury-Atlas 9 spacecraft |
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A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft during recovery operations in the central Pacific near Midway Island. The Mercury-Atlas spacecraft with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot, still inside, was hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Kearnage. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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View of the Himalaya Mountai
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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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Photograph of Burma's west coast taken during MA-9 22 orbit |
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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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East-looking view across Atlantic waters during MA-9 22 orbit |
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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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Recovery personnel bring the
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Recovery personnel bring the MA-9 spacecraft onboard the recovery ship |
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Recovery Force personnel bring the Mercury-Atlas 9 spacecraft aboard the prime recovery vessel following its successful flight into space. Pilot inside the the spacecraft is Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Great Indian Desert photogra
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Great Indian Desert photographed during MA-9 flight |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leav
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves transfer van for launch pad |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. leaves the transfer van for the launch pad and the begining of the Mercury-Atlas 9 flight on May 15, 1963. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-15 |
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