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"MISSION: 22 ORBITS!" FAITH 7 MERCURY-ATLAS 9 MISSION GORDON COOPER MAY, 1963 47744

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Channel: PeriscopeFilm · 2016 · Education

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This film, "Mission: 22 Orbits" recounts Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major. After 22 orbits, virtually all capsule systems failed. Cooper manually fired the retrorockets and the spacecraft reentered the atmosphere, landing safely in the Pacific Ocean 34 hours, 19 minutes, and 49 seconds after liftoff. Cooper was reported in good condition, and this turned out to be the final Mercury flight.

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