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Cooper
| Title |
Cooper |
| Full Description |
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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Southern portion of Taiwan p
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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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Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" sp
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Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean |
| Description |
The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22 orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully deployed in this view. |
| Date Taken |
1963-05-16 |
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Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" sp
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Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean |
| Description |
The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22 orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully deployed in this view. A rescue helicopter hovers overhead |
| Date Taken |
1971-03-26 |
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