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L. Gordon Cooper Jr.

Born

in Shawnee, Oklahoma, The United States

March 06, 1927

Died

October 04, 2004

Genre

Memoir, Science

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Leroy Gordon "Gordo" 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. In 1963 Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9.He later flew on Gemini 5 with Pete Conrad in August 1965. He retired from NASA and the Air Force in July 1970. ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 784 ratings · 84 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves by Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John Glenn 4.10 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1962 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey Into the Unknown by L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Bruce Henderson 3.61 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space by L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard Jr. really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Seven by M. Scott/Cooper Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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