launched fromUSA

Mercury-Atlas 9

Name: Mercury-Atlas 9
Start: 1963-05-15T13:04:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

MAY 15196313:04:00 UTC

Carried Gordon Cooper into orbit.

LIFTOFF

MAY 15 1963

13:04:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-14Canaveral

aboardAtlas D130DintoLEO

Payload

Manned spacecraft

Crew member