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Mercury-Atlas (MA)-9 - "Faith 7" Spacecraft Splashdown - Pacific Ocean
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Mercury-Atlas (MA)-9 - "Faith 7" Spacecraft Splashdown - Pacific Ocean

NASA / JSC · 1971-03-26 · photograph (digital archive)

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S71-24944 (16 May 1963) --- The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, splashes down in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22-orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsule's parachute is fully deployed in this view. A rescue helicopter hovers overhead.

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Credit lineMercury-Atlas (MA)-9 - "Faith 7" Spacecraft Splashdown - Pacific Ocean. NASA/JSC, 1971-03-26. Public domain. ID: S71-24944.
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