Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta photographed during MA-9 22 orbit

Part of the Ganges delta near Calcutta, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule by Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22 orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight.

Catalog Date: 16 May 1963
Film Type: 4x5
NASA image: S63-06435

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