NASA Photo ID: S63-09630          File Name: 10073808.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 cn                 Date Taken: 05/16/63

Title: Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft splashdown in the Pacific Ocean

Description:

The Mercury-Atlas 9 "Faith 7" spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
Jr.  aboard, nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22 orbit
mission  lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully
deployed  in this view.