Bell X-1A with B-29 in United States. B-29 with X-1A attached to it is towed with a cletrack. Insignia on X-1A reads 'X-1A' in large red letters. Technicians load liquid oxygen in the X-1A. A pipe through which the liquid oxygen is fueled. X-1A is towed by a tug. A man in a cockpit.
Major Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr during a NASA technical meeting in the United States, in advance of the Mercury Atlas MA-9 flight. The technical meeting at General Dynamics/Astronautics (GD/A) shows audience and participants at a table including Major Charles L. Gandy, Jr, Air Force program officer; Richard W. Keehn; Charles S. Ames, Program Director GD/A; Scott Simpkinson and Major L. Gordan Cooper. They all represent NASA.
Atlas 130D missile at San Diego plant in United States. Atlas 130D on a transporter. It rolls out of San Diego plant. Astronaut Major Leroy Gordon Cooper places a mercury seal on the missile and signs a declaration, in advance of NASA Mercury Atlas MA-9 flight. Hand written remarks read 'Launch this way, Gordan Cooper pilot,OK, C Flower TC'. Major Leroy Gordon Cooper and military personnel stand at the side of Atlas 130D.
Atlas rocket LV-3B 130-D in a hangar and test of an engine in Cape Canaveral Florida, in advance of NASA Mercury-Atlas MA-9 mission. Technicians work on the missile in a hangar. They assemble the outer body parts of the missile. A technician stands on the missile and the other technician helps him to put on the outer cover of the missile. They run tests and check out the vernier engine at Cape Canaveral. They work on the engine. A technician with a paper in his hand. Various tools on the table. The vernier engine on a test machine. A man at a control panel.
Atlas 130D rocket on a transporter in Cape Canaveral Florida. The missile on a transporter backs up on a ramp to complex 14 and it is then attached to a launcher. Two men walk along with the transporter and direct it. A man looks back from the door of the transporter. A sign reads 'United States'. Technicians on missile work on a machine. The transporter in front of a gantry. Major Gordon L. Cooper climbs up steps to a launchpad and watches the erection of Atlas 130D with General Dynamics officials and C. Flower. Major Cooper talks to C. Flower. The missile in the background. Atlas 130D being erected in the gantry for use in NASA Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. An elevator goes up the gantry. Technicians stand on the gantry
Major L. Gordon Cooper climbs into Faith 7 capsule for his first NASA space flight, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, during the Mercury Atlas MA-9 mission. McDonnell technicians work on a spacecraft. Major Cooper, wearing a flight suit and helmet, arrives in the White Room and salutes Padleader Guenter F. Wendt, who returns the salute. Major Cooper talks with the McDonnell technicians and shakes hands with Lt. Commander Malcolm S. Carpenter and Walter M. Schirra. Commander Alan B. Shepard in white coveralls. Major Cooper climbs into the capsule. Technicians help him getting in. The hatch being secured. A technician with headphones.
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