NASA Photo ID: S63-07882          File Name: 10073814.jpg

Film Type: 4x5 b&w                Date Taken: 05/22/63

Title: Astronaut Gordon Cooper backs out of his spacecraft "Faith 7"

Description:

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper backs out of his spacecraft "Faith 7" after a 
600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the earth. He elected to remain in 
the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the Kearsarge, as did 
Astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission.