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Cooper Egressing Faith 7 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 16 May
Mercury On Deck from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
L. Gordon Cooper Launches on MA-9 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
Mercury-Atlas Rocket on the Launch Pad from NASA on The Commons uploaded 14 May
Cooper Departs Transfer Van from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2025
Cooper climbs into capsule from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2025
Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit from NASA on The Commons uploaded April 2025
Liftoff of Faith 7 from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2024
Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2023
Cooper and Faith 7 Recovery from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2019
Atlas Collection Image from SDASM Archives uploaded September 2016
Atlas 130D-Mercury Details: Mercury Atlas-9; Erection; Manned-Gordon Cooper 03/21/1963 from SDASM Archives uploaded July 2015
Eugene Rankin Special Collection from SDASM Archives uploaded November 2014
Convair/General Dynamics Atlas from SDASM Archives uploaded October 2012

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Eugene Rankin Special Collection

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JeffSFO said:
That banner is up there to celebrate that the ship in the photo, the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33), was the recovery vessel for two of NASA's Project Mercury 1-man missions. Astronaut Wally Schirra's mission was the MA 8 designation (stands for Mercury-Atlas 8, the 8th Atlas rocket used in both test and manned flights) and his spacecraft "Sigma 7" splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after orbiting the Earth 6 times in early October, 1962. The capsule, with him in it, were hoisted aboard the Kearsarge before he got out. Astronaut Gordon Cooper's mission was MA 9, respectively, and he was picked up by the Kearsarge mid-May the following Spring after completing 22 orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean aboard "Faith 7", which the final mission in the Project Mercury program. Further reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kearsarge_(CV-33) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_9 ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630011968... ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19630012071...