Mercury-Atlas 9
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Mercury-Atlas 9 was NASA’s final crewed Mercury mission, during which astronaut Gordon Cooper completed the longest and last solo orbital flight of the program in 1963.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mercury-Atlas 9 canonical | 8 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mercury program mission
ⓘ
crewed spaceflight mission ⓘ orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| apoapsis | approximately 265 kilometers ⓘ |
| astronautFullName |
Gordon Cooper
ⓘ
surface form:
L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
|
| astronautNationality |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| callSign | Faith 7 ⓘ |
| commander | Gordon Cooper ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember | Gordon Cooper ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewStatus | returned safely ⓘ |
| followedBy | Gemini 3 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marked the end of America’s first crewed spaceflight program ⓘ |
| inclination | 32.5 degrees ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1963-05-16 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1963-05-15 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Canaveral, Florida
|
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3B ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 34 hours 19 minutes 49 seconds ⓘ |
| missionName | Faith 7 ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
conduct scientific experiments in orbit
ⓘ
evaluate astronaut performance during prolonged spaceflight ⓘ test spacecraft systems on an extended-duration flight ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| notableEvent | manual reentry and landing after automatic system issues ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
last U.S. solo orbital mission
ⓘ
longest Mercury mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 22 ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| periapsis | approximately 163 kilometers ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mercury-Atlas 8 ⓘ |
| program |
Mercury program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Mercury
|
| recoveredBy |
United States Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy
|
| spacecraftRecoveryBy | USS Kearsarge ⓘ |
| spacecraftSerialNumber |
Mercury spacecraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Mercury spacecraft 20
|
| spacecraftType | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| wasFinalCrewedMissionOf |
Mercury program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Mercury
|
| wasFinalMissionOf |
Mercury program
ⓘ
surface form:
Project Mercury
|
| wasFinalSoloUSOrbitalFlight | true ⓘ |
| yearOfFlight | 1963 ⓘ |
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