Faith 7
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Faith 7 was the NASA Mercury spacecraft piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper on the final crewed Mercury-Atlas mission in 1963.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Faith 7 canonical | 5 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | reaction control system ⓘ |
| backupPilot | Alan Shepard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsign | Faith 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Gordon Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewMember | Gordon Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewNationality | American ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| crewStatus | single astronaut ⓘ |
| crewType | single-occupant ⓘ |
| era | early human spaceflight ⓘ |
| finalMercuryMission | true ⓘ |
| heatShieldType | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | marked the end of the United States’ first human spaceflight program ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1963-05-16 ⓘ |
| landingMethod | parachute splashdown ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1963-05-15 ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | oxygen supply and environmental control system ⓘ |
| manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Mercury-Atlas 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 34 hours 19 minutes ⓘ |
| missionObjective |
evaluate effects of prolonged weightlessness on a human
ⓘ
test spacecraft systems over extended duration ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType | orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
final crewed flight of Project Mercury
ⓘ
longest U.S. crewed spaceflight at the time of its mission ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 22 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Aurora 7
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Freedom 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Friendship 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberty Bell 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigma 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | solid-fuel retrorockets ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Kearsarge (CV-33) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryType | ballistic reentry ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | one-man Mercury capsule ⓘ |
| spacecraftMass | about 1,400 kilograms ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.