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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo
| Title |
Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. |
| Full Description |
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
| Title |
Conrad and Cooper Practice Survival Training |
| Full Description |
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 |
| 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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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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance
| Title |
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp |
| Full Description |
Radio and early television personality Auther Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper, (center) and Smith DeFrance, (right) former director of the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory now NASA Ames Research Center, on the ramp at Moffett Field, California. |
| Date |
01/01/1948 |
| NASA Center |
Ames Research Center |
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Gordon Cooper in Helmet and
| 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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