Mercury 9
The Altas vehicle 130D, which will lift Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper into space, arrives at Cape Canaveral, FL.
May 11, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 10 inches

The launch vehicle is a one-and-a-half stage, liquid propellant launch vehicle with five engines, two booster engines, one sustainer engine, and two small vermier engines. These engines produce a total thrust of approximately 360,000 pounds.
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