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 …
Gordon Cooper | Biography, Spaceflights, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月8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 …
Former Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper - NASA
2023年7月24日 · Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, stands fully suited beside his spacecraft during preflight testing. Cooper named his spacecraft …
Remembering ‘Gordo’ - NASA
2023年5月1日 · The world knew him as Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., a space pioneer who set endurance records in both his Mercury Faith 7 flight and his Gemini 5 mission. To his fellow …
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. - NASA
2024年6月18日 · S63-03974 (1963) — Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, relaxes while waiting for weight and balance tests to begin.
Gordon Cooper: Record-Setting Astronaut in Mercury & Gemini ...
2014年2月1日 · 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 …
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.
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 …
40th Anniversary of Mercury 7: L. Gordon Cooper - NASA
Cooper's first flight began on May 15, 1963, when he was launched as the pilot of MA-9, the last Mercury mission. Cooper, in his Faith 7 capsule, orbited the Earth 22 times and logged more …
Leroy G. Cooper Jr. - New Mexico Museum of Space History
During his Air Force career, Gordon Cooper logged more than 7,000 hours flying time, including over 4,000 hours in jet aircraft. NASA selected Cooper in 1959 as one of the original seven …