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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1963
Page
1
A report notes the radio signal from hs P being used to guide a spacecraft to landing. Officials confirm coordination between ground teams and onboard systems to steer the vehicle to a controlled descent.
U S officials expect Russia to launch several more spectacular space shots this year than the 22 orbit mission of L Gordon Cooper. The first of these may be imminent.
Major L Gordon Cooper, 36, launches on a 22 orbit flight totaling 575000 miles with Pacific splashdown planned 34 hours after liftoff. The Atlas 95 foot rocket powers a Faith-7 Mercury capsule as US and Soviet space plans for 1963 unfold amid acknowledged failures and rendezvous ambitions.
Cape Canaveral capsule at a glance details the Mercury Atlas-9 booster No 130 D with 360 000 pounds thrust from five engines. It lists length 95 feet weight lift off about 260 000 pounds fuel 73000 pounds RP 1 kerosene.
Cape Canaveral reports L. Gordon Cooper Jr. faced the launch with calm trust in safety systems and ground crew. He knew the Atlas booster carried great risk but believed in automatic safeties and backup equipment to save him if needed.
Cape Canaveral UPI reports L Gordon Cooper ends a near perfect fifth orbit and begins a sixth, aiming for a 22 orbit mission over about 34 hours. Liftoff 7:04 a.m. CST. Orbit speed 17 546 mph. Perigee 100.2 miles, apogee 165.8 miles, 88.45 minute orbits.
Spectators from Jacksonville to Savannah gather along the beach to watch Gor doin Cooper launch toward the sun. Ernie Goff, John Thomas, and E. H. Rhome describe a goose bump inducing, prideful scene as a man atop a fireball rises, while a young woman comforts her husband and child.
A handheld television camera accompanies astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. on a planned 22 orbit Mercury mission. The device first used on a U S manned spaceflight, transmits at two frames per second to three ground stations. The aluminum camera weighs 24% pounds and measures 2 1 3 inches by 8 inches.
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