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Post by ADMIN on May 10, 2023 6:43:00 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 11, 2023 7:02:47 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 12, 2023 7:10:36 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 13, 2023 6:42:52 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 14, 2023 6:45:04 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 15, 2023 6:39:06 GMT -5
 JFK Boards | 60 Years OnMon. May 15, 2023Today's links from JFK Boards are here:Security Needs Protection | Choppin' the Motorcade
Erasing the Past...The source of “Oswald's” $189 check Faith 7 Closes Out Project Mercury Sixty Years On | May 15, 1963 (click here for video)
"At 8:04 a.m. at (1304 UTC), NASA launched Mercury 9 from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in the capsule designated Faith 7.
Cooper's 22-orbit mission was the last for the Mercury program. Cooper entered the spacecraft at 5:33 a.m. (1033 UTC) for an 8:00 launch,
and took a brief nap while awaiting liftoff. At T minus 11 minutes and 30 seconds the countdown was halted for a problem in the guidance equipment,
and another hold was called at T-0:19 to determine whether automatic sequencing was working. Liftoff happened four minutes after the original time,
and visual tracking was possible for two minutes.
Five minutes after liftoff at 8:09 a.m., Faith 7 was inserted into an orbit that ranged from 100.2 miles (161.3 km) to
165.9 miles (267.0 km) above the Earth and reached a maximum orbital speed of 17,546.6 miles per hour (28,238.5 km/h).
Temperatures inside the capsule ranged from 92 °F (33 °C) to 109 °F (43 °C), uncomfortable but tolerable, before cooling down.
During his third orbit, Cooper became the first human to launch an object (the beacon) from an orbiting spacecraft. Cooper was able
to see the flashing beacon on the night side of the fourth orbit." [Wikipedia.] |
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Post by ADMIN on May 16, 2023 6:49:36 GMT -5
JFK Boards | 60 Years On
Tues. May 16, 2023Today's links from JFK Boards are here:Security Needs Protection | The Heat is On
Erasing the Past...New Orleans French Hospital Oswald records A Hero Still Sees the Future in the Stars Sixty Years On | May 16, 1963 (click here for video)
"Astronaut Gordon Cooper returned to Earth safely after making 22 orbits and traveling 546,167 miles (878,971 km) in the Faith 7 capsule.
During reentry operation, Cooper fired the retrorockets manually and attained the proper re-entry attitude by using his observation window
scribe marks to give proper reference with the horizon and to determine if he were rolling. From the command ship in the Pacific Ocean off
the Japanese coast, John Glenn advised Cooper when to jettison the retro pack. The main chute deployed at 11,000 feet (3,400 m).
Faith 7 splashed down 7,000 yards (6,400 m) from the prime recovery ship, USS Kearsarge (CV-33), at 2323 UTC after
34 hours, 19 minutes, and 49 seconds in space flight." [Wikipedia]
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Post by ADMIN on May 17, 2023 6:18:34 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 18, 2023 6:41:41 GMT -5
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Post by ADMIN on May 19, 2023 6:52:42 GMT -5
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