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“We have had a conversation with the Carnarvon tracking station and their report keeps coming back – No joy – No joy.” NASA Public Affairs Officer Paul Haney.
Gemini Agena
Gemini Agena
Gemini & Agena
Atlas-Agena Launch
Stafford & Schirra
Mission Patch
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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
