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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

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

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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

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