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Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final crewed space mission of the U.S. Mercury program, launched on May 15, 1963, from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major. The Atlas rocket was No. 130-D, and the Mercury spacecraft was No. 20. As of December 2025, this mission marks the last time an American was launched alone to conduct an entirely solo orbital mission.

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rocket launch

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splashdown

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Mercury 9 - Patch

MA-9 Gordon Cooper in centrifuge

The Great Indian Desert from Mercury-Atlas 9 spacecraft

Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. - GPN-2000-001402

LOC-63C-1556

Gordon Cooper gives the thumbs up indicating that he is ready to fly

National Security Action Memorandum No. 237 Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight (MA-9) - NARA - 193613

Astronaut Gordon Cooper

Leroy Gordon Cooper Junior

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in 1962

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Retro Space HD page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Mercury 9 - Patch		Commons
commons	image		MA-9 Gordon Cooper in centrifuge		Commons
commons	image		The Great Indian Desert from Mercury-Atlas 9 spacecraft		Commons
commons	image		Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. - GPN-2000-001402		Commons
commons	image		LOC-63C-1556		Commons
commons	image		Gordon Cooper gives the thumbs up indicating that he is ready to fly		Commons
commons	image		National Security Action Memorandum No. 237 Project MERCURY Manned Space Flight (MA-9) - NARA - 193613		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut Gordon Cooper		Commons
commons	image		Leroy Gordon Cooper Junior		Commons
commons	image		Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. in 1962		Commons