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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr., dit Gordon Cooper et surnommé Gordo, né le 6 mars 1927 à Shawnee et mort le 4 octobre 2004 à Ventura , est un ingénieur aérospatial américain, un pilote d'essai, un pilote de l'armée de l'air des États-Unis et le plus jeune des sept astronautes du programme Mercury, qui inaugure les vols spatiaux avec équipage aux États-Unis.
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.
13 avr. 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 space capsule Faith 7, completing the sixth and last of the Mercury crewed spaceflights.
24 juil. 2023 · Biography. 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. He served as backup command pilot for Gemini 12 and as backup commander for Apollo 10.
4 oct. 2004 · Biographie. Il fut l'un des sept astronautes du groupe baptisé « The Original Seven » constitué dans le cadre du programme Mercury. Les 15 et 16 mai 1963, il pilote la capsule Faith 7 pour la...
16 mai 2023 · Last Updated. 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 spacecraft lasted 34 hours and 20 minutes.
5 oct. 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...
