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End of last Mercury flight

The Mercury-Atlas 9 Faith 7 spacecraft, with Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. aboard, splashdown in the Pacific Ocean to conclude a 22-orbit mission lasting 34 hours and 20.5 minutes. The capsules parachute is fully deployed in this view. A rescue helicopter hovers overhead, March 26, 1971.

Credits - NASA