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Cooper and Capsule on Deck
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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 Faith 7 Recovery
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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 Egressing "Faith 7
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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
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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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