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IMAGO International History, Archive, Space travel, USA, Faith 7 with Gordon Cooper 1963

Nov 25, 2025

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  • Astronaut Colonel Gordon Cooper 4. Oktober 2004; Cape Canaveral, FL, USA; (Dateifoto: 26.07.1065) Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., ein ursprünglicher Mercury-7-Astronaut, starb am 10. Oktober 2004 in seinem Haus in Ventura, Kalifornien. Er wurde 77 Jahre alt. Cooper flog den sechsten und letzten Flug des Mercury-Programms und kommandierte später Gemini V. Im Bild: Der amerikanische Astronaut LT. COLONEL GORDON COOPER wird an Bord der Gemini V sein, die acht Tage im Orbit verbringen wird. LT. COOPER hat bereits 22 Erdumrundungen allein absolviert. Cape Canaveral FL USA *** Astronaut Colonel Gordon Cooper 4 October 2004 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA File photo 26 07 1065 Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr , a Original Mercury 7 Astronaut, died on 10 October 2 Copyright: xUnitedxArchivesx xkpaxKeystonex 20041004_kri_k09_017 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED USS KEARSARGE. -- Three U.S. Navy frogmen attach a floatation collar to the Faith 7 Mercury spacecraft minutes after the spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean less than four miles from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge, and within sight of those on board. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-17023 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mercury astronauts, from left, Wally Schirra, Deke Slayton and Alan Shepard work inside the Mercury Control Center where they were stationed during the Faith 7 mission of astronaut Gordon Cooper, launched on May 15, 1963. This was the final mission of the Mercury Program. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Prog Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-16972 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside Mercury Mission Control, Christopher Kraft, Mercury s flight director, sits at his console during preparations for astronaut Gordon Cooper s Faith 7 launch, which took place on May 15, 1963. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Program, when it was renamed Mission Control Center. With its operational days Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-16944 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside Mercury Mission Control, astronaut Deke Slayton left discusses a point with Christopher Kraft, Mercury s flight director, during preparations for astronaut Gordon Cooper s Faith 7 launch, which took place on May 15, 1963. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Project Mercury missions, as well as the first three flights of the Gemini Program, when it was renamed Mission Control Cen Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-16937 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- Hangar S -- Mercury workers and news media are greeted by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper as he leaves Hangar S for Pad 14 to start his 22-orbit mission, MA-9. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-16922 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside Mercury Mission Control, Walter C. Williams standing, associate director for Project Mercury operations, and Christopher Kraft seated, left, flight director, work in flight control as the decision is made to have Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard his spacecraft, Faith 7, go the full 22 orbits. The launch took place on May 15, 1963. The Mercury Mission Control Center in Florida played a key role in the United States early spaceflight program. Located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the original part of the building was constructed between 1956 and 1958, with additions in 1959 and 1963. The facility officially was transferred to NASA on Dec. 26, 1963, and served as mission control during all the Projec Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsnasaend23-16912 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Gordon Cooper was launched into space on May 15, 1963 aboard the Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) spacecraft, the last Mercury mission. He orbited the Earth 22 times and logged more time in space than all five previous Mercury astronauts combined ? 34 hours, 19 minutes and 49 seconds, traveling 546,167 miles (878,971 km) at 17,547 mph (28,239 km h), pulling a maximum of 7.6 g (74.48 m s?). Towards the end of the Faith 7 flight there were mission-threatening technical problems. During the 19th orbit the Copyright: xx 4368-163
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA. Copyright:xHeritagexSpace HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2860753 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexSpace HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Cooper and Faith 7 recovery, 1963. Creator: NASA. Copyright:x16963x IMAGO ,2860669 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:16963x IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Gordon Cooper and capsule on deck, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA. Copyright:x3000x2342x IMAGO ,2860641 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:3000x2342x IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin. 1062_36_M_-2607-
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, is pictured just after his helmet had been removed. He has just spent approximately five hours in the spacecraft during altitude chamber tests. 1062_36_M_-926-
  • Astronaut Gordon Cooper leaves the Faith 7 (MA-9) spacecraft after a successful recovery operation. The MA-9 mission, the last flight of the Mercury Project, was launched on May 15, 1963, orbited the Earth 22 times, and lasted for 1-1 2 days. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-160357 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • 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. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-158692 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-09676-E (15 May 1963) --- 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. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-115298 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07707 (16 May 1963) --- A U.S. Navy frogman team attaches a flotation collar to the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-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 USS Kearnage. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-54551 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S62-06008 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, steps from a transport van as he arrives at Cape Canaveral s Pad 14 during the MA-8 prelaunch countdown. Schirra is accompanied by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (in white coveralls), MA-8 backup pilot. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-40962 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-01922 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight testing. Cooper named his spacecraft the Faith 7. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-44945 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07852 (16 May 1963)--- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, has a smile for the recovery crew of the USS Kearsarge, after he is onboard from a successful 22-orbit mission of Earth in his spacecraft Faith 7 . Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-33115 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07853 (16 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands supported by strong hands after climbing out of his spacecraft Faith 7 after a 600,000-mile, 22-orbit journey around Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the USS Kearsarge, as did astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-33116 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07882 (16 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, backs out of his spacecraft Faith 7 after a 600,000-mile, 22-orbit journey around Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the USS Kearsarge, as did astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1087 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06445 (15-16 May 1963) --- View of the Himalaya Mountain Range in the India-Nepal-Tibet border area, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1081 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06443 (15-16 May 1963) --- A northwest-looking view across Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1079 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06437 (15-16 May 1963) --- The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1076 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06435 (15-16 May 1963) --- Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1075 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06434 (15-16 May 1963) --- East looking view across Atlantic waters toward Africa, showing Mauritania and Spanish Sahara photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1074 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06428 (15-16 May 1963) --- Photograph taken south of Hawaii near 12N. 166W, by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1072 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • JSC2013-E-076221 (15 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. waited inside the transfer van for several minutes and then leaving the transfer van walked to the elevator which took him to the spacecraft Faith 7 atop the Atlas vehicle for his mission. (63-MA9-132) Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1066 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06259 (14 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, is assisted into his Faith 7 Mercury spacecraft early morning on May 14, 1963. Cooper remained in the spacecraft for approximately five hours and then climbed out again as the mission was delayed because of trouble at a tracking station. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1065 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-06124 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, arrives at the top of the gantry during a preflight simulated mission, three days before he is scheduled to take Faith 7 on the 22-orbit flight. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1064 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07135 (16 May 1963) --- This was the Nation?s sixth manned orbital space flight, and the ?Faith 7? spacecraft was piloted by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. The launch was originally scheduled for May 14, 1963, but due to a malfunction in the radar tracking system at Bermuda. The launch was ?scrubbed? 12 minutes before countdown would have been completed. At midnight, May 15, 1963, countdown was resumed and liftoff occurred at 8:04 a.m. (EST), May 16, 1963. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., completed a total of 22.9 orbits and spent 34 hours, 20 minutes in space flight. The launch and recovery was highly successful and was the last of the Mercury flights. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1061 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-07521 (15 May 1963) --- 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. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1056 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03986 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, and General Dynamics pad technicians watch Atlas 130D being hoisted into place in the gantry at pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1043 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03976 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, undergoes suit pressurization tests. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1042 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03952 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. explains the 16mm handheld spacecraft camera to his backup pilot astronaut Alan Shepard. The camera, designed by J.R. Hereford of McDonnell Aircraft Corp., will be used by Cooper during the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission to photograph experiments in space for M.I.T. and the Weather Bureau. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1040 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03968 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission; Joe Trammel, MAC technician; A. Rochford, NASA suit technician; and C.R. Coyle, MAC technician, look over spacecraft couch. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1031 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03966 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, carrying the portable air conditioner to his spacesuit, leaves Hanger S after completing the day s simulated flight tests. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1030 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S63-03980 (1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, in flight in a Convair TF-102 aircraft. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1023 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • S62-05118 (1962) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. on weight and balance scale in the White Room, Hanger S at Cape Canaveral. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagsspace-1003 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • President Kennedy telephones Astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard USS Kearsarge (CVS-33), after recovery of Faith 7. President John F. Kennedy (standing at his desk) speaks on the telephone with astronaut, Major L. Gordon Cooper, following the successful completion of Major Coopers Mercury-Atlas 9 orbital flight, as part of the final manned space mission of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrations (NASA) Project Mercury program. Major Cooper was aboard the USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) after splashdown and recovery of the Mercury capsule (also known as Faith 7) in the Pacific Ocean. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Copyright: xpiemagsx
  • Astronaut L.Gordon Cooper climbed into the Mercury spacecraft (May 15,1963) At Cap Canaveral(Fla),Astronaut L.Gordon Cooper climbed into the Mercury spacecraft Faith 7 . (May 15,1963) Copyright: xPhoto12 Coll-DITE NASAx DIT01037_204
  • CAPSULE MERCURY FAITH 7 AND ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER BACK FROM SPACE ; 19 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456911
  • MERCURY FAITH 7 CAPSULE WITH GORDON COOPER IN THE PACIFIC ; 18 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456856
  • MERCURY FAITH 7 CAPSULE WITH GORDON COOPER AT CAPE CANAVERAL ; 17 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456796
  • MERCURY FAITH 7 CAPSULE WITH GORDON COOPER IN THE PACIFIC ; 17 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456788
  • SPACE TRAVEL ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER ENTERS MERCURY SPACE CAPSULE FAITH 7 ; 15 MAY 1963, Copyright: Topfoto UnitedArchivesIPU456607
  • November 8, 2017 - Houston, United States - Official portrait of NASA Mercury-Atlas 9 Faith 7 spacecraft mission prime crew astronaut L. Gordon Cooper at the Johnson Space Center May 1, 1963 in Houston, Texas. Houston United States - ZUMAp138 20171108_zaa_p138_048 Copyright: xNasax
  • January 1, 1959 - Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America - 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..Credit: NASA via CNP Huntsville United States of America - ZUMAs152 19590101_zaa_s152_003
  • Langley Field, VA: Wearing an aluminiumized space suit, Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper of Carbondale Colo., stand near a project Mercury Capsule at Langley Field recently, The capsule, and another seen in background, are prototypes of the one in which Cooper or one of the six astronauts will ride into space next year. 3 October 1960 UnitedArchives00938058
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