Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" 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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| Born | Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. March 6, 1927 Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 2004 (aged 77) Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Hawaii University of Maryland Air Force Institute of Technology, B.S. 1956 |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
| Awards | Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
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| NASA Astronaut | |
| Rank |  Colonel, USAF |
Time in space | 9d 09h 14m |
| Selection | 1959 NASA Group 1 |
| Missions | Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5 |
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| Retirement | July 31, 1970 |
Cooper died at age 77 from heart failure at his home in Ventura, California, on October 4, 2004.[1]
Gordon Cooper Media
USAF Experimental Flight Test School Class 56D. Front row: Captains Gordon Cooper, James Wood, Jack Mayo and Gus Grissom.
Cooper in his Mercury spacesuit, the Navy Mark IV
Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 on May 15, 1963
Faith 7 is currently on display at Space Center Houston
Cooper began the tradition of NASA mission insignia with this design for Gemini 5.
Pete Conrad (left) and Cooper on deck of recovery carrier USS Lake Champlain after Gemini 5 mission
Apollo 10 backup crew (left to right) Cooper, Edgar Mitchell, and Donn Eisele during water egress training in April 1969.
References
- ↑ Wald, Matthew L. (October 5, 2004). Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/05/obituaries/05cooper.html. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
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