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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.
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.
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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 · Learn about Colonel Cooper's achievements, missions, and legacy as one of the original Mercury 7. See photos, videos, and stories of his 222 hours in space and his role in Project Mercury and Gemini.
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...
May 16, 2023 · Learn about the final and longest mission of Project Mercury, when astronaut L. Gordon Cooper orbited Earth 22 times for 34 hours and 20 minutes. See how he overcame technical problems, conducted experiments, and became the first American to broadcast from space.
Learn about the life and career of L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., one of the seven original Project Mercury astronauts. Find out how he became a test pilot, a project engineer, and a space pioneer who orbited the Earth 22 times in 1963.
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