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Flown spacecraft skin section from Gordon Cooper's Faith 7 capsule, which completed orbits of Earth during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission on May 15–16, 1963. The thin skin fragment measures 1.5˝ x .5˝ and is encapsulated in acrylic, affixed to a 3.25˝ x 3.5 x 1.5˝ wooden mount with engraved identification plaque: "Actual skin from 'Faith 7,' MA-9, May 15–16, 1963, Astronaut Gordon Cooper, NASA, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas." In fine condition, with wear to mount.
