15-16 May 1963: Mercury 9 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with Gordon Cooper aboard the Mercury capsule Faith 7 atop an Atlas rocket; the twenty-two-orbit flight exceeded all previous American spaceflights, combined, & was the first to send back T.V.; the Faith 7 splashed down in the Pacific, Mercury's most accurate splashdown, & was recovered by the U.S.S. Kearsarge.
The Rip Chords, "Hey, Little Cobra" from The Best of the Rip Chords (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
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