Set of 2 photos of Cooper: - Lot 37

Set of 2 photos of Cooper: - 1 photo of Cooper filling out his flight plan at Patrick Air Force Base (Florida) for an F-102 jet flight. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 63-MA9-82. -1 photo of Cooper in front of his F-102 jet. Vintage NASA black-and-white print (20 cm x 25 cm) captioned on the back, bearing the number 63-MA9-71. MERCURY MISSIONS—the first U.S. manned space program: Six flights took place between May 5, 1961, and May 15, 1963: -Alan Shepard (first American in space): May 5, 1961 -Gus Grissom, Mercury Redstone-4 mission (July 21, 1961) -John Glenn, Mercury Atlas-6 mission (February 20, 1962) -Scott Carpenter, Mercury Atlas-7 mission (May 24, 1962) -Walter Schirra, Mercury Atlas-8 mission (October 3, 1962) -Gordon Cooper, Mercury Atlas-9 mission (May 15, 1963)