Gordon Cooper

Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. 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 during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After service as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.

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1927 — 2004  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr.; Leroy Gordon Cooper
astronaut, engineer, military officer, aircraft pilot, test pilot, military flight engineer, racing automobile driver, International Space Hall of Fame, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, Harmon Trophy, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Mercury Seven, United States, 

Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, 

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  Mercury-Atlas 9 ⓘ
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  Gemini 5 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, Ashkenaz, Calvinist Republic of Ghent, Chinland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Havilah, Kingdom of Martabam-hongsawatoi, Kingdom of Wolaita, Persia, Reman, Sikh Confederacy, Tarshish, Dong Fang Hong 2, Ekran, Republic of Haiti, 

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1927 — 2004 Gordon Cooper

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1963-05-15T00:00:00Z

1963 Mercury-Atlas 9

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1965 Gemini 5

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Charles "Pete" Conrad and Gordon Cooper joking after landing of Gemini 5

Gordon Cooper Jr. is being weighed and balanced in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building

Mercury 7 Astronauts Examine Their Couches

Gordon Cooper 1962 portrait

Gordon Cooper in 1960

Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (left) and Charles Conrad Jr. prepare to be hoisted to the white room atop gantry at Pad 19

Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and L. Gordon Cooper Jr. are pictured during suiting up operations before Gemini-5 spaceflight

S63-03960 (1 Feb. 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, checks over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20 with Robert Graham, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. spacecraft engineer.

S63-03960 (1 Feb. 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, checks over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20 with Robert Graham, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. spacecraft engineer.

• Gordon Cooper - painting by Boris Chaliapin, 2017
• Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr. (1927-2004), test pilot and astronaut - encyclopedia article

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1963	Mercury-Atlas 9	human spaceflight, crewed spacecraft	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1965	Gemini 5	human spaceflight, Gemini spacecraft	Wikidata
commons	image		S65-46990		Commons
commons	image		Charles "Pete" Conrad and Gordon Cooper joking after landing of Gemini 5		Commons
commons	image		Gordon Cooper Jr. is being weighed and balanced in the Pyrotechnic Installation Building		Commons
commons	image		Mercury 7 Astronauts Examine Their Couches		Commons
commons	image		Gordon Cooper 1962 portrait		Commons
commons	image		Gordon Cooper in 1960		Commons
commons	image		Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (left) and Charles Conrad Jr. prepare to be hoisted to the white room atop gantry at Pad 19		Commons
commons	image		Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. (right) and L. Gordon Cooper Jr. are pictured during suiting up operations before Gemini-5 spaceflight		Commons
commons	image		S63-03960 (1 Feb. 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, checks over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20 with Robert Graham, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. spacecraft engineer.		Commons
commons	image		S63-03960 (1 Feb. 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, checks over the instrument panel from Mercury spacecraft #20 with Robert Graham, McDonnell Aircraft Corp. spacecraft engineer.		Commons