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Space Rocket History #37 – Flight of Faith 7, Mercury-Atlas 9 with Gordon Cooper

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:30:33
Publish Date: 2018-01-05 20:22:37
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Mercury-Atlas 9 was the fourth and final manned orbital flight of the Mercury program. The flight objectives were to: (1) evaluate the effects on the astronaut of approximately one day in orbital flight; (2) verify that man can function for an extended period in space as a primary operating system of the spacecraft; and, (3) evaluate in a manned one-day mission the combined performance of the astronaut and a Mercury spacecraft specifically modified for the mission…

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