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Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 9

Success NASA, Atlas LV-3B

Mission

Human Exploration · LEO

Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final manned spaceflight of the United States' Mercury program. It carried the Faith 7 spacecraft with astronaut Gordon Cooper to orbit where it completed 22 orbits seconds before reentry. The mission lasted for, 34 hours, 19 minutes & 49 seconds. This was the last time an…

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