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ASTRONAUT COOPER, GORDON - PRELAUNCH MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - "FAITH 7" - INSERTION - CAPE CANAVERAL, FL
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ASTRONAUT COOPER, GORDON - PRELAUNCH MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - "FAITH 7" - INSERTION - CAPE CANAVERAL, FL

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S63-06259 (14 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury spacecraft early morning on May 14, 1963. Cooper remained in the spacecraft for approximately five hours and then climbed out again as the mission was delayed because of trouble at a tracking station.

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Credit lineASTRONAUT COOPER, GORDON - PRELAUNCH MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - "FAITH 7" - INSERTION - CAPE CANAVERAL, FL. NASA/JSC, 1963-05-14. Public domain. ID: s63-06259.
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