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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Mercury-Atlas Press Release]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:alternative><![CDATA[Mercury-Atlas Press Release]]></dcterms:alternative>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ NASA]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ Project Mercury (U.S.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ Astronauts--United States]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ General Dynamics/Astronautics]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ Cooper, Leroy Gordon, 1927-2004]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ Cooper, Gordon, 1927-2004]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A press release announcing that astronaut Gordon Cooper (1927-2004) was at the General Dynamics/Astronautics plant in San Diego, California, to inspect the Atlas rocket that would carry his Mercury mission into orbit. Also in attendance was Dr. Cal Fowler (1929-2013), who was the Launch Complex 14 manager and launch conductor at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The press release noted that Cooper was the first Mercury-Atlas astronaut to inspect the vehicle at the plant. Cooper would later ride the Mercury-Atlas vehicle into orbit on May 15, 1963, and circle the Earth 22 and a half times.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Original 1-page typewritten press release, May 1963: Private Collection of Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.]]></dcterms:source>
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    <dcterms:created><![CDATA[ca. 1963-05]]></dcterms:created>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Fowler, Calvin "Cal" D.]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[<a href="http://srealserver.eecs.ucf.edu/chronopoints/" target="_blank">Chronopoints</a>]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:isFormatOf><![CDATA[Digital reproduction of original 1-page typewritten press release, May 1963.]]></dcterms:isFormatOf>
    <dcterms:isPartOf><![CDATA[<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/149" target="_blank">Dr. Calvin Fowler Collection</a>, Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.]]></dcterms:isPartOf>
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    <dcterms:medium><![CDATA[1-page typewritten press release]]></dcterms:medium>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[General Dynamics/Aeronautics, San Diego, California]]></dcterms:coverage>
    <dcterms:accrualMethod><![CDATA[Donation]]></dcterms:accrualMethod>
    <dcterms:mediator><![CDATA[History Teacher]]></dcterms:mediator>
    <dcterms:mediator><![CDATA[ Civics/Government Teacher]]></dcterms:mediator>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Originally owned by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler.]]></dcterms:provenance>
    <dcterms:rightsHolder><![CDATA[Copyright to this resource is held by Dr. Calvin D. Fowler and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.]]></dcterms:rightsHolder>
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