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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
Jul 17, 2024 · Gordon Cooper (born March 6, 1927, Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.—died October 4, 2004, Ventura, California) was one of the original team of seven U.S. astronauts. On May 15–16, 1963, he circled Earth 22 times in the space capsule Faith 7, completing the sixth and last of the Mercury crewed spaceflights.
Oct 5, 2004 · WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 - Gordon Cooper, the astronaut who flew the last of the pioneering Mercury space missions and stayed aloft in a Gemini capsule long enough to demonstrate that a trip to the...
Jul 24, 2023 · Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight testing. Cooper named his spacecraft the Faith 7.
May 1, 2023 · The world knew him as Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., a space pioneer who set endurance records in both his Mercury Faith 7 flight and his Gemini 5 mission. To his fellow astronauts in the “Original Seven,” he was all that too, but he was also their brother — “Gordo.”
May 16, 2023 · On May 16, 1963, NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing the final mission of Project Mercury and the longest American spaceflight up to that time. His 22-orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 mission aboard the Faith 7 spacecraft lasted 34 hours and 20 minutes.
Feb 1, 2014 · Gordon Cooper was a NASA astronaut who flew twice in space, during the Mercury and Gemini programs. On his last flight, Gemini 5, Cooper and crewmate Pete Conrad set what was then a world...
Oct 4, 2004 · “Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) [ bio] an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last...
May 21, 1998 · L. Gordon Cooper Oral History. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Edited Oral History Transcript. L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Interviewed by Roy Neal. Pasadena, California – 21 May 1998. Neal: I want to take you back to the beginning.
L. Gordon Cooper Oral History. NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. The oral histories on this Website are the transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews with many who pioneered outer space and the Moon, and with those who continue the excitement of space exploration.
