Upon my visit to Space Center Houston, I was able to view MA-9 Faith 7 that was on display. The Center in an attempt to dramatically display this historic spacecraft featured it hanging from the ceiling with theatrical lighting and a faux star-field. I would have rather seen the display up close and under decent lighting for photographing. With that said, I photographed it as best as was possible with the poor lighting.
A Brief History of Faith 7
Piloted by Gordon Cooper, Faith 7 flew May 15-16, 1963, and was in orbit for 34 hours, 19 minutes and 49 seconds, orbiting the Earth 22.5 times. With that flight, Cooper set the record at the time for spaceflight by an American.
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Below are photos I made of Faith 7.
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A look at the Faith 7 control panel.
You can see the faded Faith 7 insignia.
Half of the heat shield was removed to view the instrumentation under the shield for this display.
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