Which aircraft did Gordon Cooper fly during his final solo mission?
Mercury-Atlas 9
Gemini 5
Apollo 10
Mercury-Redstone 3
Answer
The Mercury-Atlas 9 was the final solo mission of the Mercury program, flown by Gordon Cooper in May 1963. The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on May 15, 1963, and Cooper completed 22 orbits of the Earth before landing in the Atlantic Ocean on May 17.
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