Gordon Cooper
An obituary for Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper incorrectly stated he was the first person to fly in space twice (AW&ST Oct. 11, p. 40). He was the first to fly twice on orbital missions. Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, who flew on a suborbital Mercury mission and commanded the first Gemini two-man orbital...
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