[Mercury Atlas 9] The first one-day and last solo mission of the US space program: historic launch of Faith 7 carrying Gordon Cooper for a 22-orbit ride through space. NASA, 15 May 1963. Printed 1963. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper [NASA image NASA S-63–6248]. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), numbered “NASA S-63–6248” in black in top margin, with NASA caption numbered “S-63–6248” on the verso (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). Literature: LIFE, 24 May 1963, p.28 (variant). Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 mission was the high point of Project Mercury and the first one-day mission and the last solo flight of the US space program. Mercury Atlas 9 was launched from Cape Canaveral’s Pad 14 on May 15, 1963, at 8:04 a.m. (EST) with a perigee of 161 km and an apogee of 267 km. This last Mercury mission was successful. Total time weightless was 34 hours, 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Faith 7 completed 22 orbits to evaluate effects of one day in space.
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[Mercury Atlas 9] The first one-day and last solo mission of the US space program: historic launch of Faith 7 carrying Gordon Cooper for a 22-orbit ride through space. NASA, 15 May 1963. Printed 1963. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper [NASA image NASA S-63–6248]. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), numbered “NASA S-63–6248” in black in top margin, with NASA caption numbered “S-63–6248” on the verso (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). Literature: LIFE, 24 May 1963, p.28 (variant). Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 mission was the high point of Project Mercury and the first one-day mission and the last solo flight of the US space program. Mercury Atlas 9 was launched from Cape Canaveral’s Pad 14 on May 15, 1963, at 8:04 a.m. (EST) with a perigee of 161 km and an apogee of 267 km. This last Mercury mission was successful. Total time weightless was 34 hours, 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Faith 7 completed 22 orbits to evaluate effects of one day in space.
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