European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday May 16, 1963 to pictures of astronaut sent to Earth Cape canaveral. Fin. Up astronaut Gordon Cooper transmitted television pictures from his space capsule hark to Earth pictures is relayed to Home television screens by the networks appeared indistinct. It win the first time that a american astronaut had attempted to Send Back live of Cooper s pictures saw barely visible Cloud formations. Indicating that he had chosen to his camera out the spacecraft win Dows. Turned an ill Malfas his spacecraft soared Over Africa on the first orbit he turn the 10-Pound to camera on himself and the Interior of his mechanical foul up in new York deprived Europe of the taped liftoff pictures. In Ess onco what happened wait hat Europe received an "excellent1 picture but it was the wrong Pic Ture. A wrong switch was throw and millions of europeans in 1countries, failed to get the video taped repeat of the shot it was thave been transmitted across the Atlantic via the relay satellite telstar. Commentator rehearsal ten Man Tea before the Welasa toll he passed into position rehearsal was scheduled for fou commentators. At this time a american Telephone and tale graph representative confirmed tha the proper picture was getting Tus new York restroom for relay t Andover mass., and thence to to satellite. Four or five minutes later re told the signal was being celled overseas and we turned othe machine with the jape Fror Cape the spoke Masaid. Then we were told tha Europe was not getting the the pictures were sent to Trelay satellite from a ground Sutlon at Andover Maine and the boomed to outlets for the euro pen to network system at Good Lidov is in Cornwall England an Pleu eur Bodouin Brit Annfrances. Leutar also capable of relay i television was not to be in a Post Lon for a satisfactory trans Mussio until about 7 pin. Est 1 get. Baseball Amk Cloan league a tit sos in my Ttfr-4 a i my by cd a my Twat mom Tel mtg Umil. Urn my. A pm Mai -4. Try. Us i. Cooper orbiting As planned9 from p Tyc to in tin time of earn orbit hh.-i5 mud Orbital path ranged from 00.2 macs no its Low Point Over a Mulla to 1b5.8 Miles. I in almost unbelievable pure Uci try spokesman said of o accuracy of the launch and the l 7 s around i rack ranged of about 2.2?i Miles South ofte Equator to 2,273 North. If Cooper rom the full 22 will pass Over More than 100 out rules and possessions. For the rut time an american Nitro nut ill Fly Over communist territory a the preplanned track crosses omm unlit China six All goes nit planned he will and in the old Pac Lilc thursday about 0 23 est 12 23 . Get Rilday. First Orlf after the in ton spacecraft had tiled into its planned Orbital the Cooper took the control Sticka rotate his capsule 180 degrees n it Yaw Axis so that he a siding upright and backward with he Craft s Blunt heat shield push no a path through spare. As he turned the capsule around. Cooper told Schurra he could see his spent Atlas behind him very closely t another of boy. Is it close he sold. System in order at the same time the astronaut reported fuel and oxygen supplies and electrical and other capsule systems in excellent condition Cooper said his semiautomatic control system which something Tike Power steering on an automobile was working Well and. It s a real Good Gadget Schurra said Faith 7, your turn around looked in Swift succession Cooper was Contact with the tracking Sta tons at the Canary islands niger la. And Zanzibar. Thirty Man utes after launching Mercury control reported that All systems were functioning perfectly and we havea hair healthy and working Pilot temperature garble for a few minutes there were fears that temperature control Dlf Fly sulcs were developing. Ove Woomera Australia. Cooper re ported that his Cabin temperature was 100 degrees and his suit Tern pm nature was 92.although Mercury control off i coals said these temperatures we Well within the Safe limits set b project operators it was High Ethan the temperatures reports during previous flights by thither astronauts. Later Mercury control said erred in reporting a 92-degree sul temperature. It said the Actu Reading was 58 degrees and tha hk1jmktkd hero astronaut Gordon Cooper i orbiting lir glob after a Uwom Ful launching wed Mulay from Cape canaveral. Lie la scheduled to make 22 orbits if All govt Well. A i Hoto on Lerable discussion was Taki Gince among flight controllers about he announcement said that one round station Reading placed cab a temperature at 118 degrees but Light officials believed this in or or. It said Cooper reported that ils capsule temperature was steady 100 degrees and he Felt very 9 31 est 3 31 . Get Ooper was talking with astronaut in Grossom at the Gua Ymas mex co said he had observed the Haze layer around the Earth which ill other astronauts on Orbital lights have reported. He also said he had observed John Glenn s fireflies believed to be Frost particles on the outside of the capsule and that he had been Able to see the lights of Perth Australia which had been turned full on by 9 37 . Est 3 37 . Get Cooper passed Over the East coast of the United states above the Florida Georgia Border to comple Tenis first orbit. Second orbit As he raced by Cape canaveral he had a Chat with astronaut Alan she Pard who kept asking How various things Wen going. All Cooper son of a gun Shepard said we Don t have anything to at another Point Shepard said you look pretty Well. I am Cooper monitors Down Here Ai Cooper was toll everything looks he replied Roger it look mighty Fine up Here vi8itobaea Barksdale Hmlett left. Army Loo a beef of Ata to greeted by the us Akkub vice chief of staff for intelligence maj Gen Mercer. Waiter at Frankfurt s Botne Maln Airport Hamlett who later conferred in Heidelberg wit Gen Paul i Freeman jr., usage us commander in chief expressed great satisfaction with Taboad regrouping plan. Sets by bolide at the Start of the second orbit Sopor turned on the television Imera again. When he passed Clit 0, Australia he was due to Art exercising. At this Point he a Drifting rough space and using no Power. rundown on his physical Ondl Lon after 2 hours 37 minutes his flight heartbeat from 80 to my Tad hit Iso during the powered Ortlon of the flight. Body temperature 98.5,blood pressure 120 Over 80. He was breathing at the rate from 12 to 20 a minute. The doctor s verdict i think s in excellent physical Condl Cooper passed Over California ear the end of his second orbit a was asked if he Felt comfortable. Cooper replied Roger Botter dec comfortable real comfortable n fact t Hod a Little was not scheduled to grab full eight hours sleep however until he entered his 9th orbit. The second orbit was completed to 11 00 . Est 5 00 . Get my the control report was ally loss Are in a to condition. The lot is very. Very third Orlf As the spacecraft sped High above the South Atlantic during he third orbit. Cooper pushed switch which ejected a 10-Pound sphere from the base of the Cap sule. The release came near the Southwest coast of sphere. S.73 inches in dam Ter and equipped with two High intensity flashing lights settled in to an orbit slightly different fro that of Faith 7. Cooper was to Tell the tracking stations whether or not he could Sec the lights or if he had difficulty spotting them and to Estl mate the Beacon s distance from his capsule. The purpose a Lijole slain of Florida and that i looked very pretty. Mercury control reported tha voyage was going so Well that comparing figures and Tom on the planning charts with the actual flight figures was almost like following n the spacecraft swept Over Flor Ida at 12 34 . Est 6 34 . Iff get to Complete the third orbit fourth Orlf Mercury control reported at ii3tp.m. Est 7 31 . Get that Cooper was flying High Over the Indian Ocean on his fourth orbit which led North of Australia oct Indonesia and up into the Pati Ltd Over Midway Island. Indications were that Cooper a loins a first class Job of piloting Faith 7. Mercury control reported 1,that he had b8 per cent of Hli Ful v Iii pay remain ing in the automat off control system and 98 per cent in the manual system. He still had 90per cent of his oxygen Supply re Mil Nung. Mercury control raid All data it revived from the Faith 7 was very much according to the Book very much is _ Cooper s wife Trudy heard he husband talking with Schurra at one Point. A special radio has Bee installed at the Cooper Home so that she can listen when the Falth 7 in within Range. Mrs Cooper Lair it was most reassuring for her tear her husband s voice. Cooper completed the fourth op4bit As his spacecraft swept High of above the Caribbean East of Lea tragic at 2 22 . Est 8 22 get. J Trvll. Lathe astronaut not did find the Fui Honl Owers quoted him at e of the Experiment was to discover whether an Astro naut could spot lights at up to15 Miles from his Craft in for Matron needed for later missions i which spacecraft will rendezvous in space. Unsure of Burre there was some confusion How Ever about the Experiment. Coope said the release was performed successfully but space Agency official sold we Are not sure about what he told us about seeing the Beacon. They hoped to Check with him later in the orbit. Cooper reported while crossing the . West coast that he could Sec All up and Down the California coast and that it was quite inter he reported that he was passing just about Over his Hometown. Houston. He told Schurra that he could Sec the fifth Orlf at 2 31 est 8 31 . Cox Cooper was flying Over North tsp South America it the beginning of his fifth orbit. Col John a shorty Powers speaking from Mercury control said Coop?,"5 sounds supremely confident is working very Powers said ported that he i Fin Light Beacon. Power a saying that you apparently Only find it at night or dusk. Cooper told Schurra that spotted the Beacon just As it Goj dark on his fourth orbit. He said All of a sudden i saw it rising u from under me. There it a a tape played later Ali Clowel hat As Faith 7 passed Over the fourth orbit. Cooper rtt ported in quite definite fashion thai it spotted and tracked the the capsule communicator at in Wullen ground station ast Iscott Carpenter asked Cooper j to had seen it. Cooper a replied affirm. I wan with that Tutty Rascal All night lust nigh sixth Orlf at 4 01 est 10 01 . Cetuk Cooper was passing Over America and into the sixth isaid Powers All systems at this time. Including the Pilot Are v
