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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the second straight day, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. sets out at 4:55 a.m. EST from his living quarters at Hangar 'S' to go to Launch Pad 14 for the fourth manned Earth orbital mission. After being launched aboard a Mercury Atlas, astronaut Cooper will orbit the Earth 22 times. Following astronaut Cooper to the transfer van is astronaut Walter Schirra.