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Mercury -- May 1963
Mercury astronaut L. Gordon …
7/16/08
Description Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is wearing a spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.
Date 7/16/08
Mercury -- April 1959
NASA introduced the Project …
8/25/08
Description NASA introduced the Project Mercury astronauts to the world on April 9, 1959, only six months after the agency was established. Known as the Mercury Seven or Original Seven, they are (front row, left to right) Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, (back row) Alan B. Shepard Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Date 8/25/08
Mercury-Atlas 9
Technicians were performing …
4/10/09
Description Technicians were performing pre-launch testing of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral when this photo was taken on May 14, 1963. A day later on May 15, Gordon Cooper successfully piloted this his 'Faith 7' spacecraft for more than 34 hours and 22 orbits. Cooper's flight stretched the capabilities of the Mercury capsule to the limits. His 34-hour flight lasted more than three times the longest U.S. human space flight until that time, and far exceeded the initial design capability of the capsule. Image Credit: NASA
Date 4/10/09
Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo …
Title Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr.
Full Description Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in his pressure suit with helmet during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.
Date 02/25/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Mercury On Deck
Title Mercury On Deck
Full Description The crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge spell out the words "Mercury 9" on the ship's flight deck while on the way to the recovery area where astronaut Gordon Cooper is expected to splash down in his "Faith 7" Mercury space capsule.
Date 05/15/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Cooper
Title Cooper
Full Description Launch of Mercury Atlas 9 rocket with astronaut Gordon Cooper onboard from Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Date 5/15/1963
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
Name of Image Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
Date of Image 1959-04-27
Full Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-9 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle, was the last flight of the Mercury Project. The Faith 7 spacecraft orbited the Earth 22 times in 1-1/2 days.
Cooper Departs Transfer Van
Title Cooper Departs Transfer Van
Full Description Astronaut Gordon Cooper departing the Transfer Van in his silver pressure suit and helmet, is greeted with applause from the assembled Pad 14 employees. When he arrives at the base of the service tower, he'll ride an elevator up to where his Mercury spacecraft nicknamed, "Faith 7" awaits his arrival.
Date 5/15/1963
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Gordon Cooper in Helmet and …
Title Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit
Full Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch.
Date 4/30/1963
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Cooper Inside Faith 7 After …
Title Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown
Full Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7." Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off.
Date 05/16/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Full-length portrait of Merc …
Title Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in spacesuit
Description Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.
Date Taken 1963-02-26
Cooper and Capsule on Deck
Title Cooper and Capsule on Deck
Full Description Recovery personnel bring the Mercury space capsule "Faith 7" onboard the recovery ship U.S.S. Kearsarge with astronaut Gordon Cooper still inside. Once secured on deck, Cooper will jettison the Capsule's hatch allowing for his removal.
Date 05/16/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Cooper Egressing "Faith 7
Title Cooper Egressing "Faith 7
Full Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted in backing out of his Mecury capsule "Faith 7" after a 600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the Kearsarge, as did Astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission.
Date 05/16/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Recovery Operation of th …
Name of Image The Recovery Operation of the Faith 7
Date of Image 1963-05-16
Full Description The recovery operation of the Faith 7 spacecraft after the completion of the 1-1/2 day orbital flight (MA-9 mission) with Astronaut Gordon Cooper. Navy frogmen attach the flotation collar to the spacecraft. The MA-9 mission was the last flight of the Mercury Project and launched on May 15, 1963 boosted by The Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle.
Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery
Title Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery
Full Description Navy Divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Cooper's Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Faith 7 shortly after splashdown.
Date 05/16/1963
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Mercury astronauts survival …
Title Mercury astronauts survival training
Full Description The seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival school at Stead Air Force Base in Nevada. Picture from left to right are L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., M. Scott Carpenter, John H. Glenn, Jr., Alan Shepard, Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. Portions of their clothing have been fashioned from parachute material, and all have grown beards from their time in the wilderness. The purpose of this training was to prepare astronauts in the event of an emergency or faulty landing in a remote area.
Date 1960
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
The Mercury Seven Astronauts
Title The Mercury Seven Astronauts
Full Description The Original Mercury Seven astronauts with a U.S. Air Force F-106B jet aircraft. From left to right: M. Scott Carpenter, Leroy Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Jr., Walter M. Wally Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Donald K. Deke Slayton.
Date 01/20/1971
NASA Center Langley Research Center
Mercury astronauts standing …
Title Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft
Description Photo of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft. They are, left to right, M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton.
Date Taken 1961-01-20
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper p …
Title Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper participates in Mercury water egress training
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper participates in Mercury water egress training. He is wearing a snorkel and holding a camera for underwater photography.
Date Taken 1962-09-12
Dr. von Braun with Original …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun with Original Mercury Astronauts
Date of Image 1959-01-01
Full Description Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, poses with the original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory during a 1959 visit. Inspecting Mercury-Redstone hardware are from left to right, Alan Shepard, Donald Deke Slayton, Virgil Gus Grissom, von Braun, Gordon Cooper, Wally Schirra, John Glenn, and Scott Carpenter. Project Mercury officially began October 7, 1958 as the United States' first manned space program.
Project Mercury Astronauts
Title Project Mercury Astronauts
Full Description Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. They are: front row, left to right, Walter H. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter, back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper.
Date 9/13/1968
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Aerial View of Launch Comple …
Title Aerial View of Launch Complex 14
Full Description Aerial view of Launch Complex 14 with Missile Row visible to the right. Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9), visible on Pad 14, is scheduled to carry astronaut Gordon Cooper for the fourth manned orbital mission.
Date 5/7/1963
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Astronaut Gordon Cooper leav …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves Hanger S for Pad 14
Description Hanger "S" Mercury workers and News Media are greeted by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. as he leaves Hanger "S" for Pad 14 to start his 22-orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 mission.
Date Taken 1963-05-17
Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft early Tuesday (May 14, 1963) morning. Cooper remained in the spacecraft for approximately 5 hours and then climbed out again as the mission was delayed because of trouble at a tracking station.
Date Taken 1963-05-14
Indus River above Hyderabad …
Title Indus River above Hyderabad photographed during MA-9 flight
Description Indus River above Hyderabad, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.
Date Taken 1963-05-16
Tibetan Lake Country photogr …
Title Tibetan Lake Country photographed during MA-9 flight
Description Tibetan Lake Country North of Katmandu, west of Ihasa, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.
Date Taken 1963-05-16
Lakes in western Tibet photo …
Title Lakes in western Tibet photographed during MA-9 flight
Description Lakes of Western Tibet, photgraphed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.
Date Taken 1963-05-16
Astronaut Gordon Cooper part …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper participates in pre-flight simulation training
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 earth orbital space mission, participates in pre-flight simulation training inside his Mercury capsule at Cape Canaveral.
Date Taken 1964-02-12
Navy frogmen attach flotatio …
Title Navy frogmen attach flotation collar to Mercury-Atlas 9 spacecraft
Description A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft during recovery operations in the central Pacific near Midway Island. The Mercury-Atlas spacecraft with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot, still inside, was hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Kearnage.
Date Taken 1963-05-16
Cooper
Title Cooper
Full Description 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.
Date 5/15/1963
NASA Center Kennedy Space Center
Original Astronauts In Space …
Title Original Astronauts In Space Suits
Description The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center. From left to right, back row they are Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper, front row, Walter Schirra, Donald "Deke" Slayton, John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. The suits were the ones used by the astronaults during their Mercury space flights. While familiarizing the astronauts with the Mercury set-up, Langley employees helped them to specialize in the technical areas crucial to the overall success of Project Mercury. Langley people also guided and monitored the astronauts activities through the many spaceflight simulators and other training devices built at the Center expressly for the manned space program. In less than three years, Project Mercury proved that men could be sent into space and returned safely to Earth, setting the stage for the longer duration Gemini flights and the Apollo lunar landings.
Date 01.10.1989
Dr. von Braun with Seven Ori …
Name of Image Dr. von Braun with Seven Original Mercury Astronauts
Date of Image 1959-01-01
Full Description In this photo, Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency's (ABMA) Development Operations Division, is shown briefing the seven original Mercury astronauts in ABMA's Fabrication Laboratory. (Left to right) Guss Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Donald Slayton, and Dr. von Braun.
Full-length portrait of Merc …
Title Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in spacesuit
Description Full-length portrait of Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.
Date 02.26.1963
Astronaut Gordon Cooper appe …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper appears before newsmen at preflight press conference
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 9 space mission, appears before newsmen at a preflight press conference.
Date Taken 1963-02-08
Mercury program Astronaut gr …
Title Mercury program Astronaut group portrait
Description Mercury program Astronaut group portrait. Front row, left to right, are Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter. Back row, left to right, are Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper.
Date Taken 1962-12-03
Astronauts Shepard and Coope …
Title Astronauts Shepard and Cooper check instrument panel from Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronauts Alan Shepard (left) and L. Gordon Cooper (in suit) check over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20. It contains the instruments necessary to monitor spacecraft systems and swquencing, the controls required to initiate primary sequences manually, and the necessary flight control displays.
Date Taken 1963-02-01
Astronaut Gordon Cooper chec …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper checks instrument panel of Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., checks over the instrument panel from Mercury Spacecraft #20 with Robert Graham, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. spacecraft engineer. It contains the instruments necessary to monitor spacecraft systems and sequencing, the controls required to initiate primary sequences manually, and flight control displays.
Date Taken 1963-02-01
Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Title Cooper and Conrad on Deck
Full Description Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean.
Date 08/29/1965
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Original 7 Astronauts in Spa …
Title Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits
Full Description Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, 1958. Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter, back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper.
Date 09/13/1968
NASA Center Langley Research Center
Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes.
Date Taken 1963-05-15
Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" sp …
Title Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Description The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22 orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully deployed in this view.
Date Taken 1963-05-16
Astronaut Gordon Cooper assi …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15, 1963, and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes.
Date Taken 1963-05-15
Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" sp …
Title Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
Description The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22 orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully deployed in this view. A rescue helicopter hovers overhead
Date Taken 1971-03-26
The Original Seven Astronaut …
Name of Image The Original Seven Astronauts in Front of an Air Force Jet
Date of Image 2004-04-15
Full Description The original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project pose in front of an Air Force Jet. From left to right: Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper, John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, Walter M. Wally Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, and Donald K. Deke Slayton.
Original Seven Astronauts
Name of Image Original Seven Astronauts
Date of Image 1959-04-27
Full Description The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front: Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and Scott Carpenter. Left to right at rear: Alan B. Shepard, Virgil I. Gus Grissom, and L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Astronaut Walter Schirra is …
Title Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft
Description Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission.
Date Taken 1962-10-05
Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin (03974), Cooper prior to entering the Mercury Spacecraft for a series of simulated flight tests. During these tests NASA doctors, engineers and technicians monitor Cooper's performance (03975), Cooper undergoing suit pressurization tests (03976).
Date Taken 1963-03-01
Astronaut Gordon Cooper and …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper and technicians look over Mercury capsule couch
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Joe Trammel, MAC technician, A. Rochford, NASA suit technician, and C.R. Coyle, MAC Technician look over spacecraft couch.
Date Taken 1963-02-01
Astronaut Gordon Cooper duri …
Title Astronaut Gordon Cooper during flight tests
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin (03974), Cooper prior to entering the Mercury Spacecraft for a series of simulated flight tests. During these tests NASA doctors, engineers and technicians monitor Cooper's performance (03975), Cooper undergoing suit pressurization tests (03976).
Date Taken 1963-03-01
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