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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…
L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
Mercury-Atlas 9
Shephard’s Joke
Tibet From Orbit
TV Broadcast
USS Kearsarge
Hi Mike! Your podcast is absolutely amazing! Congratulations!
After listening to your Mercury mission chapters, I was wondering what happened to Deke Slayton. He was the only one of the Mercury Seven who did not fly into space and I wonder why. Maybe you should comment on that on later chapters.
You are doing a fantastic job! Thank you!
Hi Carlos,
Thanks for the kind words. Deke was grounded in 1962 because of an irregular heart rhythm. He did eventually get to fly on the Apollo-Soyuz Test flight. If I remember, I will mentioned it on the podcast.
Mike