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1 mai 2023 · S63-01755 (May 1963) — Full-length portrait of Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. Cooper died Oct. 4 at his California home at the age of 77. He piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program (Faith 7, in 1963) and later commanded Gemini 5, becoming the first man to make ...
18 juin 2024 · Gordon Cooper passed away on Oct. 4, 2004, at his home in Ventura, California, at the age of 77. Education Attended primary and secondary schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma and Murray, Kentucky; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1956; recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Oklahoma City University ...
1 févr. 2014 · 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 Conrad set what was then a world ...
Gordon Cooper; Land USA Organisation NASA: ausgewählt 2. April 1959 (1. NASA-Gruppe) Einsätze 2 Raumflüge Start des ersten Raumflugs 15. Mai 1963: Landung des letzten Raumflugs 29. August 1965: Zeit im Weltraum 9d 9h 14min ausgeschied ...
4 oct. 2004 · NASA mourns the loss of Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper, who rocketed into space in his Faith 7 capsule on May 15, 1963. Cooper, the youngest of the Original Seven Mercury astronauts, died at his California home on Oct. 4, 2004 at the age of 77. Cooper’s Mercury flight set a U.S. endurance record at the time, and he became the first astronaut ...
6 juin 2001 · "L'étoffe des héros" : l'expression convient on ne peut mieux à Gordon Cooper. En mail 1963, alors que la capsule Mercury dans laquelle il effectue son premier vol stratosphérique ne répond plus, il réussit à en reprendre le contrôle et à amerrir au milieu du Pacifique. Kennedy le décore à la Maison-Blanche, et le peuple américain ...
He also served as backup pilot for MA-8, Wally Schirra's mission in Sigma 7.11. 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 time in space than all five previous Mercury astronauts combined.
