Launch, prelaunch activities of the Faith 7 mission carrying Gordon Cooper on his 22-orbit ride through space; Mission Control surveying the flight, May 1963

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ID 468762
Lot 52 | Launch, prelaunch activities of the Faith 7 mission carrying Gordon Cooper on his 22-orbit ride through space; Mission Control surveying the flight, May 1963
52 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Astronaut and Capcom Walter Schirra at his consol in Mercury Control Center during preflight checks

Mercury Atlas 9, May 1963

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with RCA Quality Control stamp, NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral credit stamp and NASA HQ caption numbered “63-MA9-95” on the verso

52 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Gordon Cooper leaving hangar S for Pad 14 to board the Faith 7 spacecraft for his ride through space

Mercury Atlas 9, May 14 and 15, 1963

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first with NASA HQcaption numbered “63-MA9-122” and NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral stamp on the verso, the second with NASA HQ caption numbered “63-MA9-132” on the verso

52 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Launch of the Atlas rocket carrying Gordon Cooper on his 22-orbit ride through space

Mercury Atlas 9, May 15, 1963, 000:00:01 and 000:00:12 GET

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-63-7605 and S-63-7601” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

52 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Christopher Kraft, Walter Williams, Donald Slayton and Admiral Bowen discussing the flight in Mercury Control Center

Mercury Atlas 9, May 15-16, 1963

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first with NASA MSC caption on the verso and numbered “NASA S-63-7860” in black in top margin, the second with NASA HQ caption numbered “63-MA9-154” and NASA-USAF-Cape Canaveral-RCA Quality Control stamp on the verso

20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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