Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia
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 | Biography, Spaceflights, & Facts | Britannica
2024年9月30日 · 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.
Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77 - The New York Times
2004年10月5日 · 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...
Former Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper - NASA
2023年7月24日 · L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Colonel Cooper was selected as a Mercury astronaut in April 1959. He piloted the “Faith 7” spacecraft which concluded the operational phase of Project Mercury. Cooper served as command pilot of the Gemini 5 mission.
Cooper's Faith 7 Mission Closes Out Project Mercury - NASA
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 …
NASA Mourns Loss of Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Gordon Cooper
2004年10月4日 · “Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old.
TOP 16 QUOTES BY GORDON COOPER | A-Z Quotes
Gordon Cooper. Airplane, Desire, Normal. 38 Copy quote. For many years I have lived with a secret, in a secrecy imposed on all specialists in astronautics. I can now reveal that every day, in the USA, our radar instruments capture objects of form and composition unknown to us.
40th Anniversary of Mercury 7: L. Gordon Cooper - NASA
Cooper, in his Faith 7 capsule, orbited the Earth 22 times and logged more time in space than all five previous Mercury astronauts combined. His primary objectives were to evaluate the effects of a lengthier stay in space on man and to verify man as the primary spacecraft system.
Nation: Great Gordo - TIME
Of the original seven U.S. astronauts, “Gordo” Cooper was the youngest (36), slightest (5 ft. 9 in., 147 Ibs.), quietest, least known—and, in the opinion of many, the least likely to win the...
Mercury-Atlas 9 - Wikipedia
The spacecraft, named Faith 7, completed 22 Earth orbits before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, piloted by astronaut Gordon Cooper, then a United States Air Force major. The Atlas rocket was No. 130-D, and the Mercury spacecraft was No. 20.