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Mercury Project
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves the Faith 7 (MA-9) spacecraft after a successful recovery operation. The MA-9 mission, the last flight of the Mercury Project, was launched on May 15, 1963, orbited the Earth 22 times, and lasted for 1-1/2 days.
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Credit lineMercury Project. NASA/MSFC, 1963-05-16. Public domain. ID: 6413218.
