Gordon Cooper, Project Mercury, Gemini Astronaut Dies
Credit: NASA
One of the "Original Seven" Project Mercury astronauts, U.S. Air Force Col. (ret.) Leroy Gordon (Gordo) Cooper, Jr., died on Oct. 4 in Ventura, Calif. He was 77. Cooper flew both Mercury and Gemini orbital missions and described the experience of flying in space as "humbling." Selected in 1959 along...
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