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Mercury Project
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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.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1963-05-16. Public domain. ID: 6413216.
