NASA SP-45 Results of Fourth US Manned Orbital Space Flight Mercury Summary 1963

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NASA SP-45 Results of Fourth US Manned Orbital Space Flight Mercury Summary 1963
The 4th mission of the Mercury program launched on May 15, 1963, with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, Jr. onboard the MA-9 Atlas rocket. The Mercury spacecraft, Faith 7, was a flight test to assess the performance of the man-spacecraft system and the effects of one day in space. Completed 22 orbits.
The report is very detailed and also contains a large portion on the summary of the Mercury Project. Definitely a must have for any collector of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
NASA SP-45 is dated October 1963. Softcover has an area where a price tag was removed.
Spine has wear. (see photos).
Internal pages are excellent – no tears, stains, or writing. Binding is strong and report is 450 total pages.
Now 60 years old!
FOREWORD:
This document presents a summary of the planning, preparation, experiences, and results of Project Mercury and includes the results of the fourth United States manned orbital flight conducted on May 15 and 16, 1963, are also included. The papers are grouped into four main technical areas: The space-vehicle development, mission support development, flight operations, and mission results. The performance discussions contained in the various papers for the concluding Mercury mission form a continuation of the information previously published for the three manned orbital flights and the two manned suborbital flights. Although this document, to a limited degree, summarizes the results of the previous manned flights, the formal post-flight reports published for these earlier missions should be consulted for greater detail.