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CONVAIR LV-3B / SM-65D ATLAS
DAYTON, Ohio -- The Missile Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF houses the latest exhibit which represents the launch vehicle for USAF Major Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15-16, 1963.(U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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CONVAIR LV-3B / SM-65D ATLAS
DAYTON, Ohio -- Convair LV-3B / SM-65D Atlas staged for installation in the Missile Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF. This will represent the launch vehicle for USAF Maj Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15-16, 1963.(U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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CONVAIR LV-3B / SM-65D ATLAS
DAYTON, Ohio -- Convair LV-3B / SM-65D Atlas staged for installation in the Missile Gallery at the National Museum of the USAF. This will represent the launch vehicle for USAF Maj Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15-16, 1963.(U.S. Air Force photo by Ken LaRock)
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Major Gordon Cooper
US Air Force Major Gordon Cooper flew the final and longest Mercury flight in May 1963. He was the sixth American to fly in space and the first to orbit the Earth for more than a day.(Credit NASA)
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Major Gordon Cooper
US Air Force Major Gordon Cooper enters his Faith 7 spacecraft on launch day, May 15, 1963. The tiny ship was just big enough for a single astronaut.(Credit NASA)
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Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
The USAF’s first Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle being prepared for its 2010 launch. Half of its Atlas V payload fairing is visible in the background.(Credit USAF)
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Mercury Atlas 9
Liftoff of Mercury Atlas 9 on May 15, 1963. The mission lasted 34 hours and 19 minutes, orbiting the Earth 22 times with USAF Major Gordon Cooper.(Credit NASA)
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Mercury Atlas 9
The Mercury Atlas 9 launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 14, 1963, the day before launch.(Credit NASA)
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Mercury Atlas 9
Mercury Faith 7 spacecraft atop an Atlas launch vehicle on May 14, 1963, the day before the final Mercury mission.(Credit NASA)
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Project Mercury
Early Mercury capsule cutaway drawing showing its major systems. NASA used this illustration in briefings during Project Mercury.
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Mercury Spacecraft Illustration
1963 NASA illustration of the Mercury spacecraft and its emergency escape system.(Public Domain NASA)
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Atlas V
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V lifts off with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, July 2020. The mission carried Perseverance and Ingenuity robotic exploration vehicles.(Public Domain NASA)
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Atlas V
President Dwight Eisenhower’s goodwill message, 1958. SCORE, the first purpose built communications satellite, broadcast the recorded message, marking the first time a human voice was transmitted from space. An Atlas rocket launched SCORE.
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Atlas V
An Atlas D shown raised in its concrete-reinforced “coffin” shelter at the 564th Strategic Missile Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, WY. Atlas D missiles served from 1959 until late 1964.
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Atlas Rocket
Atlas was both a space launch vehicle and a nuclear missile. This comparison shows the Mercury Atlas LV-3B used for human space flight (left), and the SM-65D Atlas D nuclear ICBM.
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North American X-15A-2
Cockpit view of the North American X-15A-2 on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Space Gallery. The X-15 was an important tool for developing spaceflight in the 1960s, and pilots flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15 earned astronaut wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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North American X-15A-2
Cockpit views of the North American X-15A-2 on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Space Gallery. The X-15 was an important tool for developing spaceflight in the 1960s, and pilots flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15 earned astronaut wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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North American X-15A-2
Cockpit views of the North American X-15A-2 on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Space Gallery. The X-15 was an important tool for developing spaceflight in the 1960s, and pilots flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15 earned astronaut wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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North American X-15A-2
Cockpit views of the North American X-15A-2 on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Space Gallery. The X-15 was an important tool for developing spaceflight in the 1960s, and pilots flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15 earned astronaut wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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North American X-15A-2
Cockpit views of the North American X-15A-2 on display in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Space Gallery. The X-15 was an important tool for developing spaceflight in the 1960s, and pilots flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15 earned astronaut wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
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