Mercury-Atlas 9

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final manned space mission of the U.S. Mercury Programme, launched on May 15, 1963 from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. 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. The Atlas rocket was No. 130-D, and the Mercury spacecraft was No. 20.

Command Pilot:

L. Gordon Cooper Jr.

(First Flight)

Backup Crew:  Alan B. Shepard Jr.

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