Mercury 9

About this film

The Mercury 9 mission. The audio files are named as per their original historical audio reel number at the NASA historical audio vault. Information listed below is the sum-total of data on these reels. INFORMATION ON THE AUDIO FILES: 883: 5/15/1963, Gordon Coopers Prayer 14th Pass Muchea Station MISSION INFORMATION: MA-9 Faith 7 Pad LC-14 () Atlas (9) Crew: L. Gordon Cooper Payload: Spacecraft No. 20, Launch Vehicle 130-D Mission Objective: Manned 1-day mission in orbit Launch: May 15, 1963 Orbit: Altitude: 165.9 by 100.3 statute miles Inclination: xxx degrees Orbits: 22.5 Period: 88min 45sec Duration: 1 Day, 10 hours, 19 min, 49 seconds Distance: 546,167 statute miles Velocity: 17,547 mph Max Q: 974 Max G: 7.6 Landing: Mission Highlights: Mission successful. Total time weightless 34hours 3min 30 sec Digitized, cataloged and archived by the Houston Audio Control Room, at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Directors & creators

NASA

Subjects

NASA; Mercury 9, Mercury Audio Collection

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