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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.

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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.

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MA-9 Cooper's Pre-Flight Check UP

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15 May 1963

Dr H. Minners is giving Gordo his pre-flight check up.

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MA-9 Cooper's Sensors Attached

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15 May 1963

NASA suit technician is seen attaching the sensors that will allow ground personnel to monitor Coopers body functions during the mission.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cooper & Schirra Leaving Transfer Van

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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MA-9 & Faith 7 Ready For Lift-Off #3

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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.

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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.

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Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off

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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.

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Mercury-Atlas 9 & Faith 7 Lift-Off #1

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cooper And Faith 7 Recovery #2