Mercury Model

Artifact
Date: 2024 |

The rocket on display represents the launch vehicle for USAF Maj Gordon Cooper’s Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15-16, 1963. A replica of the Faith 7 capsule sits atop the Atlas rocket.

Type
Mercury
Kind
Model
Location
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio