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FAITH
7
SPACECRAFT
Model is in 1/14th scale and comes with Atlas
launch vehicle in 1/96th scale.
Each Mercury capsule was different and this model captures
the details specific to this historic spacecraft. This model is shipped as a CD-ROM.
Available on the Project Mercury CD ROM only
Who
was the best pilot I ever saw? Astronaut Gordo Cooper made a record 22
orbits in Faith 7. Near the end of the flight, possible condensation
caused a short circuit that cut power to all attitude and stabilization
instruments. Cooper had to fly the capsule manually through the re-entry
process. Keeping his pitch with his window reticle, he guided the
spacecraft to a precision landing, 4 miles ahead of the aircraft carrier
Kearsarge. The most
accurate Mercury landing.
Faith 7 is easily the most unique of the Mercury
spacecraft with mission specific experiments attached to the retropak,
experimental paint swatches on the body and the Faith 7 logo art.
The
Faith 7 Mercury capsule is currently on display at the Johnson Space
Center (NASA) in Houston, Texas.
Launched
May 15, 1963
Mission:
Manned Orbital Flight
Launch
Vehicle: Atlas Missile (ID: 130-D)
Launched
From: Pad LC-14
Altitude
(Apogee): 156.9 statute miles
Perigee:
100.3 statute miles
Orbits:
22.5
Period:
88min 45 secs
Duration:
1 Day, 10 hours, 19 min, 49 seconds
Distance:
546,167 statute miles
Velocity:
17,547 mph
Max Q:
974 psf
Max G:
7.6
Weightless Time: 34 hrs, 03 min, 30 sec
Landing:
May 16, 1963 (Pacific Ocean)
Recovered by Aircraft Carrier USS Kearsarge
Just south of Midway Island
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