NASA Photo ID: S71-24944          File Name: 10073809.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 cn                 Date Taken: 03/26/71

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, 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. A rescue helicopter hovers overhead