NASA Photo ID: S63-03952          File Name: 10073764.jpg

Film Type: 35mm b&w               Date Taken: 01/01/63

Title: Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains camera to backup pilot Astronaut Shepard

Description:

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper explains the 16mm handheld spacecraft camera to 
his back up 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 mission to photograph experiments in space for M.I.T. and
the  Weather Bureau.