Mercury MA-9 "Faith 7" flown heatshield fragment

Mercury MA-9 "Faith 7" flown heatshield fragment

Mercury Faith 7 was the last manned Mercury mission piloted by Gordon Cooper. Launched May 15th 1963 Cooper became the first American to sleep in orbit.

The source of this heatshield fragment was a larger block of heatshield encased into lucite as a presentation piece given to VIP's and NASA workers as recognition for their work in the space program.

Triangle swatch of heatshield material mounted on a 7x9'' rigid foam board certified on the backside.  

This edition is limited to 50 presentations only.

Please note : Due to the nature of the source artifact each presentation differs slightly in color and shape.