NASA Photo ID: S63-07521          File Name: 10073785.jpg

Film Type: 35mm cn                Date Taken: 05/15/63

Title: Astronaut Gordon Cooper assisted into his Mercury Spacecraft

Description:

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) 
earth-orbital space mission, is assisted into his "Faith 7" Mercury 
Spacecraft during the prelaunch countdown. MA-9 was launched on May 15,
1963,  and the flight lasted for 34 hours and 20 minutes.