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Gordon Cooper: “On a glorious day in May 1963, I flew the Faith 7 spacecraft higher and faster than any other Mercury astronaut”

“On a glorious day in May 1963, I flew the Faith 7 spacecraft higher and faster than any other Mercury astronaut”

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“On a glorious day in May 1963, I flew the Faith 7 spacecraft higher and faster than any other Mercury astronaut”

Signed book: Project Mercury: A Chronology. Later printing. Washington, D. C.: NASA, 1963. Softcover, 8 x 10.25, 238 pages. Signed on the first free end page, with Cooper adding a quote from the film The Right Stuff, “On a glorious day in May 1963, I flew the Faith 7 spacecraft higher and faster than any other Mercury astronaut, making me for this day the world’s greatest pilot anyone ever saw. Gordon Cooper.” In fine condition, with some creases and dings to cover, and slight separation of spine from binding. RRAuction COA.

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