Faith 7 L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission
This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rock
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FAITH 7
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission Colin Burgess
Faith 7 L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission
Other Springer-Praxis books of related interest by Colin Burgess NASA’s Scientist-Astronauts with David J. Shayler 2006, ISBN 978-0-387-21897-7 Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle with Chris Dubbs 2007, ISBN 978-0-387-36053-9 The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacies and Historical Impact with Rex Hall, M.B.E. 2009, ISBN 978-0-387-84823-5 Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America’s First Astronauts 2011, ISBN 978-1-4419-8404-3 Moon Bound: Choosing and Preparing NASA’s Lunar Astronauts 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-3854-0 Freedom 7: The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr. 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-01155-4 Liberty Bell 7: The Suborbital Flight of Virgil I. Grissom 2014, ISBN 978-3-319-04390-6 Friendship 7: The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-15654-5 Aurora 7: The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-20439-0 Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc’s Early Space Program with Bert Vis 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-24161-6 Sigma 7: The Six Mercury Orbits of Walter M. Schirra, Jr. 2016, ISBN 978-3-319-27982-4
Colin Burgess
Faith 7 L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission
Colin Burgess Bangor New South Wales Australia
SPRINGER-PRAXIS BOOKS IN SPACE EXPLORATION
Springer Praxis Books ISBN 978-3-319-30562-2 ISBN 978-3-319-30563-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30563-9
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016940369 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Front cover: Spacecraft Faith 7 atop Atlas 130-D at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 14 prior to the MA-9 mission. Inset: Gordon Cooper onboard USS Kearsarge at the end of his Mercury flight. Back cover: Cooper is inserted into Faith 7 on launch day. (Photos: NASA) Cover design: Jim Wilkie Project copy editor: David M. Harland Printed on acid-
