Bell X-1A with B-29 Superfortress. B-29 Superfortress and Bell X-1A in flight. Contrails left out by X-1A. B-29 in flight with Bell X-1 hanging from the bottom of the fuselage. Bell X-1A in flight. Mountains in background. Insignia of United States. X-1A hanging from the fuselage of B-29 in flight.
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.
President John F. Kennedy in United States. The President speaks. Men take pictures. Astronauts Shepard and Schirra, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey and James E. Webb stand around Kennedy. NASA ( National Aeronautics and Space Administration) administrator in background. Astronaut Grissom; Vice President Johnson; Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare; Anthony J. Celebrezze; Senator Everett M. Dirksen and Major Cooper's family including his mother present. Scenes of President Kennedy pinning NASA distinguished service medal on Major Gordon Cooper after his successful flight in Faith 7 capsule for NASA Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission.
News report on a White House ceremony in United States. President John F. Kennedy and Vice President Johnson present awards to astronaut Cooper and NASA, Air Force and Navy officials involved in NASA Mercury-Atlas MA-9 program. Other recipients include James E. Webb who is awarded with a medal and a certificate. Major General Leighton I. Davis is given a medal for outstanding leadership. General Ben I. Funk accepts NASA Group Achievement Award on behalf of Air Force System. Awards given to a Navy officer. Floyd L. Thompson holds certificate for outstanding leadership. Astronauts shake hands with President Kennedy. Attorney General Robert Kennedy holds his daughter on his shoulder.
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