NASA Photo ID: S63-06447 File Name: 10073804.jpg Film Type: 4x5 cn Date Taken: 05/16/63 Title: Great Indian Desert photographed during MA-9 flight Description: The Great Indian Desert, located west of New Delhi, India, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.