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In the Mercury Atlas-9 mission, L. Gordon Cooper Jr. became the first American to spend a full 24 hours in space. This mission lasted a total of 34 hours 19 minutes and 49 seconds. Cooper made a full 22 revolutions around the Earth.

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The blunt end was covered with an ablative heat shield to protect it against the 3,000 degree heat that occurs during the re-entry into the atmosphere.****(Thanks Mr. O'Connel)

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One of the main objectives was to recover both man and space craft safely*****

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The first U.S. Spacecraft was a cone-shaped, one-man capsule with a cylinder mounted on top.