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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. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps durin… See more

    BornLeroy Gordon Cooper Jr. · March 6, 1927 · Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
    DiedOctober 4, 2004 (aged 77) · Ventura, California, U.S.
    EducationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · University of Maryland, College Park · Air University (BS)
    SpousesTrudy B. Olson · (m. 1947; div. 1970) · Suzan Taylor (m. 1972)
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    Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the only child of Leroy Gordon Cooper Sr. and his wife, Hattie Lee née Herd. His mother was a school teacher. His father enlisted in the … See more

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    At college, Cooper was active in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), which led to his being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army in June 1949. He was able to transfer his commissio… See more

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    Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77 - The New …

    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...

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    Gordon Cooper | Biography, Spaceflights, & Facts

    Sep 30, 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 …

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    Gordon Cooper: Record-Setting Astronaut in Mercury …

    Feb 1, 2014 · Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.,prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission, inside his Mercury spacecraft runs through one of the numerous pre-flight checks surrounded by dials, switches ...

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    Cooper, Leroy Gordon Jr 'Gordo' - Encyclopedia …

    MSC announced new assignments for the seven original astronauts: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and Alan B. Shepard, Jr., would be responsible for the remaining pilot phases of Project Mercury; Virgil I. Grissom would specialize in Project …