The Atlas rocket was in restoration at Thomarios in Copley Ohio! Plans call for this artifact to go on display in the Missile Gallery.
This rocket will represent the launch vehicle for USAF Maj Gordon Cooper's MercuryAtlas 9 mission on May 1516, 1963. His was the final and longest Mercury mission, lasting more than 34 hours. In his spacecraft Faith 7, Cooper orbited the Earth 22 times. He experienced six times the force of gravity during launch and orbited the Earth at more than 17,000 mph. #spacegeek