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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.

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   Gordon Cooper, one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In 1963 he made the last and longest Mercury flight of more than one day. In 1965 he flew on Gemini 5 for eight days, setting a new spaceflight record, and became the first person to go into orbit twice.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2004/10/05 › obituariesGordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77 - The New York Times

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   Oct 5, 2004 · Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Okla. He completed three years at the University of Hawaii and received an Army commission; he later transferred to the Air Force and ...

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6. www.nasa.gov › former-astronaut-l-gordon-cooperFormer Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper - NASA

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   Jul 24, 2023 · Learn about the life and achievements of L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts who piloted the Faith 7 spacecraft and flew on Gemini 5. See photos, videos, and stories of his missions and legacy.

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   May 1, 2023 · L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., who died in 2004, was one of the "Original Seven" Mercury astronauts and the first to fly twice in space. He was known for his courage, skill, humor and friendship among his fellow space explorers.

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   Who was Gordon Cooper?

   • Correction Appended 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 moon was feasible, died Monday at his home in Ventura, Calif., NASA said. He was 77.

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   Who was LeRoy Gordon Cooper?

   • 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.

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   How old was Gordon Cooper when he died?

   • The NASA family gathered at the Johnson Space Center in Houston today to honor the memory of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper. Cooper, who piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5, died Oct. 4 at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old.

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   Was Gordon Cooper a brother?

   • To his fellow astronauts in the “Original Seven,” he was all that too, but he was also their brother — “Gordo.” S63-01755 (May 1963) — Full-length portrait of Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. Cooper died Oct. 4 at his California home at the age of 77.

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   May 1, 2023 · Gordon Cooper, who flew the last Mercury mission and commanded Gemini 5, died in 2004 at age 77. He was a pioneer of human space exploration, a test pilot, a consultant and a Disney executive.

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    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 ...