1963 Press Photo Astronaut Gordon Cooper's final preparations at Cape Canaveral
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Cape Canaveral, Florida- Here is a candid closeup of Astronaut Gordon Cooper taken at Cape Canaveral during final phases of his preparations for a flight into space next week. He is scheduled to make 22 orbits, well beyond Walter Schirra's six-orbit U.S. record. This photo was released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Cape Canaveral today.
