The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major.

Apr 8, 2024 · Mission Number: MA-9 15-16 May 1963 Crew: Leroy Cooper [1] Backup Crew: Alan Shepard Launch: Location: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Pad: LC-14 Date: 15 May 1963 Time: …

By Cliff Lethbridge Mercury MA-9 (NASA Code: Mercury 20/Faith 7) Launch Date: May 15, 1963 Launch Time: 8:04:13 a.m. EST Launch Site: Launch Complex 14 Launch Vehicle: Mercury-Atlas 130-D …

Aug 30, 2023 · NASA S63-07603 (15 May 1963) — This is the launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) on May 15, 1963, at 8:04 a.m. (EST) carrying astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot. Astronaut Cooper made …

This large paper US $2 note was flown inside Gordon Cooper’s flight suit pocket aboard Faith 7, the last flight of the Mercury Program, and the longest US manned space flight at that time.

The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then an Air Force major.

Piloted by Gordon Cooper, Faith 7 flew May 15-16, 1963, and was in orbit for 34 hours, 19 minutes and 49 seconds, orbiting the Earth 22.5 times. With that flight, Cooper set the record at the time for …

May 15, 2025 · Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9), consisting of Faith 7 and Atlas 130-D, lifts off from Launch Complex 14 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 13:04:13 UTC, 15 May 1963.

Mercury Faith 7 spacecraft on display at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. At the time, NASA had a total of 19 hours and 4 minutes of manned orbital space flight experience.

Built without onboard computers, all flight calculations had to be determined on the ground and radioed up to each crew member. The spacecraft performed two suborbital and four orbital human missions …