Title

Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. Creator: NASA.

Caption

Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. US Navy divers install a stabilizing flotation collar around Gordon Cooper's Mercury space capsule nicknamed "Faith 7" shortly after splashdown. Major Cooper successfully completed the Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of NASA's Project Mercury program.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Reference

HRM21B20_244

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16,6Mb (1,2Mb) / 10,0in x 6,4in / 3000 x 1930 (300dpi)

Keywords

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