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Mercury-Atlas 9
Mercury-Atlas 9 was a crewed flight launched on May 15, 1963 aboard a Atlas D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 1: Gordon Cooper.
United Statescrew 11963-015
Gordon Cooper United States · 2 flightsFlight
- Mission
- Mercury-Atlas 9
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Faith Seven
- Launch
- May 15, 1963 · 13:04 UTC
- Landing
- May 16, 1963
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 1.4 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1963-015A
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · May 16, 1963
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1963-015
- Rocket
- Atlas D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 265 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q498722 (CC0).