COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Record
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
Subject Category:
Mercury-Program
Keywords:
7
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Atlas
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_who:
Gordon Cooper
facet_when:
5-15-1963
facet_when_year:
1963
Image #:
63C-1414
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-000997
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
63C-1414
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000997
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
