NASA Photo ID: S63-06129          File Name: 10073778.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 b&w                Date Taken: 05/11/63

Title: Astronaut Gordon Cooper in his spacecraft during pre-flight checks

Description:

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.,prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, 
inside his Mercury spacecraft runs through one of the numerous pre-flight 
checks surrounded by dials, switches, indicators and buttons.