Mercury Atlas-9 And Gordon Cooper New Photos Added 27 March 2008 |
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£8.95 MA-9 Pre-flight Meeting 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Gordon Cooper gives the thumbs up indicating that he is ready to fly during the pre-flight meeting. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 MA-9 Pre-flight Breakfast 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-133 15 May 1963 Slayton, Cooper, Schirra, and Dr H. Minners have breakfast at Hangar S before Cooper suited up for his 22-orbit mission. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£6.95 MA-9 Cooper's Pre-Flight Check UP 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Dr H. Minners is giving Gordo his pre-flight check up. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£5.95 MA-9 Cooper's Sensors Attached 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 NASA suit technician is seen attaching the sensors that will allow ground personnel to monitor Coopers body functions during the mission. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 Suiting Up Operations 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Gordon Cooper is looking a bit serious as a suit technician helps him into his mercury pressure suit to begin his 22 Earth orbit mission. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Mercury Atlas MA-9 Cooper And Schirra 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-130 15 May 1963 For the second straight day Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. set out at 4:55 a.m. EST from his living quarters at Hangar S for a rendezvous with a rocket and a flight around the world 22 times through space. Following Cooper to the transfer van is Astronaut Walter Schirra. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Cooper Leaving Transfer Van 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6247 15 May 1963 Gordon Cooper leaves the transfer van at Pad #14 for his ride up the gantry elevator to the 11th deck where he will be inserted into Faith 7 for his 22 orbit mission. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Cooper & Schirra Leaving Transfer Van 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-132 15 May 1963 Mercury Workers and News Media are greeted by Gordon Cooper as he walks to the waiting elevator at Pad 14 that will take him to the spacecraft Faith 7 to start his 22-orbit mission. Wally Schirra can be seen as he exits the transfer van. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£9.95 Cooper & Schirra Leaving Transfer Van #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Mercury Workers and News Media are greeted by Gordon Cooper as he walks to the waiting elevator at Pad 14 that will take him to the spacecraft Faith 7 to start his 22-orbit mission. Wally Schirra can be seen as he exits the transfer van in the background. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD MA-9 Gordon Cooper Enters Faith 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-137 15 May 1963 Surrounded by five technicians, Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted into Faith 7 at 5:32 a.m., just over two and a half hours before lift off at 8:04 a.m. EST. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-9 Faith 7 Ready For Lift-Off 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6135 15 May 1963 The Pad 14 gantry starts its journey back into firing position leaving Cooper's Faith 7 spacecraft, atop the Atlas 130-D launch vehicle, connected to the umbilical tower. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 & Faith 7 Ready For Lift-Off #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-139 15 May 1963 The Pad 14 gantry moves back into firing position leaving Cooper's Faith 7 spacecraft connected to the umbilical tower. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 & Faith 7 Ready For Lift-Off #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6330 15 May 1963 The Pad 14 gantry moves back into firing position leaving Cooper's Faith 7 spacecraft connected to the umbilical tower. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD MA-9 Faith 7 And Gordon Cooper Lift Off 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-63-7603 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-140 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #1 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6336 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD MA-9 Faith 7 And Cooper Lift Off 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-63-7603 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£6.95 Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. LOC 63C-1582 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. |
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SOLD Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6335 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #3A 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #4 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper aboard Faith 7 for the nation's longest manned orbital flight. Lift-off occurred at 8:04 a.m. EST, on May 15, 1963. And 34 hours, 20 minutes, 30 seconds, and 22 orbits later, Gordon Cooper was resting in his Faith 7 space capsule in the blue Pacific Ocean. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£6.95 Mercury Atlas MA-9 Clears Tower 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. LOC 63C-4580 15 May 1963 Lit-off and the Mercury Atlas MA-9 is seen as it clears the tower at Pad 14 carrying L Gordon Cooper inside the Faith 7 Spacecraft. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition. |
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£8.95 Mercury Atlas MA-9 Clears Tower #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. LOC S-63-6248 15 May 1963 Lit-off and the Mercury Atlas MA-9 is seen as it clears the tower at Pad 14 carrying L Gordon Cooper inside the Faith 7 Spacecraft. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Mercury-Atlas 9 Lift-Off View 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 15 May 1963 A splendid view of the Mercury-Atlas 9 launch from a rare perspective showing another USAF launch vehicle in the foreground. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 MA-9 Faith 7 And Cooper Away 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-208 15 May 1963 A wonderful view of the Mercury Atlas with Faith 7 and Gordon Cooper onboard. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 Mercury Control 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-164 15 May 1963 Mercury Control as seen from the viewing area during the 16th orbit of Faith 7 with Gordon Cooper onboard. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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£10.95 MA-9 In-Flight With Gordon Cooper 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-63-7876 16 May 1963 The face of Gordon Cooper is just visible in this picture made from the onboard TV camera, as Faith 7 passed over Florida on Cooper's fourth orbit. The camera's two-second scan rate requires special receiving equipment which has been set up at the Cape, Grand Canary Islands and the Pacific Command Ship south of Japan. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£10.95 MA-9 In-Flight With Gordon Cooper #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-149 16 May 1963 The face of Gordon Cooper is just visible in this picture made from the onboard TV camera, as Faith 7 passed over Florida on Cooper's fourth orbit. The camera's two-second scan rate requires special receiving equipment which has been set up at the Cape, Grand Canary Islands and the Pacific Command Ship south of Japan. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 In-Flight With Gordon Cooper #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-147 16 May 1963 Gordon Cooper's face is visible in the background while his oxygen hose stands out clearly in this picture made from the broadcast of a live TV camera onboard "Faith 7" during the 17th orbit. The picture was received at Cape Canaveral, Florida, one of three points set up to receive the slow-scan TV picture. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD MA-9 View Of Taiwan 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-194 16 May 1962 The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight, and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., using a hand held modified Hasselblad 70mm camera during his 22 orbit of Earth during the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of Taiwan #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-194 16 May 1962 The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight, and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., using a hand held modified Hasselblad 70mm camera during his 22 orbit of Earth during the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 MA-9 View Of Taiwan #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-65-3432 16 May 1962 The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight, and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., using a hand held modified Hasselblad (model 200C) 70mm camera during his 22 orbit of Earth during the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of Africa 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-186 16 May 1962 A splendid view of the Earth Limb from the MA-9 spacecraft while over Africa. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of Africa #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-186 16 May 1962 Framed by the widow of the MA-9 spacecraft this is a very nice view of the Earth Limb while the spacecraft was over Africa. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 View Of Africa's Atlas Mountains 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-196 16 May 1962 This picture of the Atlas Mountains in Africa, looking north was taken by Gordon Cooper from inside the Faith 7 spacecraft while in earth orbit. Details of the camera and film used is given on the back. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£9.95 MA-9 View Of China 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-197 16 May 1962 This picture of China was taken by Gordon Cooper from inside the Faith 7 spacecraft while in earth orbit. Details of the camera and film used is given on the back. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of The High Plateau 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-189 16 May 1962 This picture was taken from inside Faith 7 over the High Plateau Area prior to passing over the Himalayan Mountains. The Lakes of Western Tibet are seen from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule during the 22nd orbit. Details of the camera and film used is given on the back. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. VG++ |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of The High Plateau #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-190 16 May 1962 This picture was taken from inside Faith 7 over the High Plateau Area prior to passing over the Himalayan Mountains. The Lakes of Western Tibet are seen from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule during the 22nd orbit. Details of the camera and film used is given on the back. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. |
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SOLD MA-9 Over The Himalaya's 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-187 16 May 1962 Gordon Cooper took this fine photograph with a hand held 70 mm Model 200C Hasselblad Camera while he and the MA-9 spacecraft were over the Himalayan Mountains of Asia. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition, near mint. |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of The Himalaya's 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-195 16 May 1962 View of the Himalaya Mountain Range in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., with a hand held camera during his 22nd orbit of the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. VG+ |
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£7.95 MA-9 View Of The Himalaya's #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-65-3431 16 May 1962 View of the Himalaya Mountain Range in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., with a hand held camera during his 22nd orbit of the Mercury-Atlas 9 spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. VG+ |
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£8.95 MA-9 View Of Tibet 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-65-3433 16 May 1962 Lakes of Tibet, photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., using a hand held camera during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in Very good condition. VG+ |
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£5.95 Mercury Atlas-9 View Of Florida 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-63-7859 16 May 1963 A cloud cover over Central Florida as recorded by the TV camera onboard the Mercury Atlas-9, Faith 7, spacecraft on its 18th orbit. We would have had a view of the Cape without the cloud cover. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£5.95 Mercury Atlas-9 View Of Florida #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-152 16 May 1963 A cloud cover over Central Florida as recorded by the TV camera onboard the Mercury Atlas-9, Faith 7, spacecraft on its 18th orbit. We would have had a view of the Cape without the cloud cover. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Mercury Atlas-9 Earth Sky View 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-152 16 May 1963 Earth Sky view recorded by the TV camera onboard the Mercury Atlas-9, Faith 7, spacecraft. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Ed White Recently Selected 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 63-MA9-151 16 May 1963 Ed White was one of nine recently selected astronauts is seen at the communicators console during the MA-9 22-orbit flight. All Nine newly selected astronauts were present at the Cape during Cooper's flight for orientation. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£12.95 USS Kearsarge Crew Spell Mercury 9 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6338 16 May 1963 The crew members of the USS Kearsarge spell-out MERCURY 9 while steaming towards the recovery area. Cooper would have seen this if his window was facing in the right direction as the splashdown was within 4 miles of the USS Kearsarge. The crew were able to watch the splashdown from the decks. This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition and printed on 'A Kodak Paper'.. |
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£8.95 USS Kearsarge Crew Spell Faith 7 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. S-63-6339 16 May 1963 The crew members of the USS Kearsarge spell-out FAITH 7 while steaming towards the recovery area. Cooper would have seen this if his window was facing in the right direction as the splashdown was within 4 miles of the USS Kearsarge. The crew were able to watch the splashdown from the decks. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 MA-9 Faith 7 Splashdown 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-161 16 May 1963 A wonderful series showing Faith 7 as it swings under its 65-foot ring-sail parachute before splashing down a even 7,000 yards from the waiting USS Kearsarge. prime recovery ship. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 MA-9 Faith 7 Splashdown #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 63-MA9-161 A 16 May 1963 Faith 7 as it swings under its 65-foot ring-sail parachute before splashing down a even 7,000 yards from the waiting prime recovery ship, the USS Kearsarge. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£8.95 Cooper And Faith 7 Recovery #2 |