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1312: 1682: 1081: 534: 1296:, and the slogan "8 Days or Bust" which referred to the expected mission duration. Webb ultimately approved the design, but insisted on the removal of the slogan from the official version of the patch, feeling it placed too much emphasis on the mission length and not the experiments, and fearing the public might see the mission as a failure if it did not last the full duration. The patch was worn on the right breast of the astronauts' uniforms below their nameplates and opposite the NASA emblems worn on the left. 895:, convinced Cole to turn this into an ongoing marketing campaign. Henceforth, astronauts would be able to lease brand-new Corvettes for a dollar a year. All of the Mercury Seven but Glenn soon took up the offer. Cooper, Grissom and Shepard were soon racing their Corvettes around Cape Canaveral, with the police ignoring their exploits. From a marketing perspective, it was very successful, and helped the highly priced Corvette become established as a desirable brand. Cooper held licenses with the 1269: 730: 953: 1403: 1482:

manufacturer and distributor of racing and marine engines, and fiberglass boats. He was president of GCR, which designed, tested and raced championship cars, conducted tire tests for race cars, and worked on installation of turbine engines on cars. He served on the board of Teletest, which designed and installed advanced telemetry systems; Doubloon, which designed and built treasure hunting equipment; and Cosmos, which conducted archeological exploration projects.

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Edwards. Aware that NASA wanted to project an image of its astronauts as loving family men, and that his story would not stand up to scrutiny, he drove down to San Diego to see Trudy at the first opportunity. Lured by the prospect of a great adventure for herself and her daughters, she agreed to go along with the charade and pretend that they were a happily married couple.

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would have been larger had Cooper not recognized the problem when the reentry gauge indicated that they were too high, and attempted to compensate by increasing the bank angle from 53 to 90 degrees to the left to increase the drag. Helicopters plucked them from the sea and took them to the recovery ship, the aircraft carrier

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and construction of various automotive components. He was also a technical consultant for Canaveral International, Inc., for which he developed technical products and served in public relations on its land development projects, and served on the board of directors of APECO, Campcom LowCom, and Crafttech.

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in the planned recovery area. Cooper fired the retrorockets on the 120th orbit. Splashdown was 130 kilometers (81 mi) short of the target. A computer error had set the Earth's rotation at 360 degrees per day whereas it is actually 360.98. The difference was significant in a spacecraft. The error

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The astronauts drew their salaries as military officers, and an important component of that was flight pay. In Cooper's case, it amounted to $ 145 a month (equivalent to $ 1,516 in 2023). NASA saw no reason to provide the astronauts with aircraft, so they had to fly to meetings around the country

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As part owner and race project manager of the Profile Race Team from 1968 to 1970, Cooper designed and raced high performance boats. Between 1968 and 1974 he served as a technical consultant at Republic Corp., and General Motors, Ford and Chrysler Motor Companies, where he was a consultant on design

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was hoisted on board by a helicopter with Cooper still inside. Once on deck he used the explosive bolts to blow open the hatch. Postflight inspections and analyses studied the causes and nature of the electrical problems that had plagued the final hours of the flight, but no fault was found with the

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or visual sightings. In his memoirs, Cooper wrote he had seen unexplained aircraft several times during his career, and that hundreds of reports had been made. In 1978 he testified before the UN on the topic. Throughout his later life Cooper repeatedly expressed in interviews that he had seen UFOs,

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During the selection interviews, Cooper had been asked about his domestic relationship, and had lied, saying that he and Trudy had a good, stable marriage. In fact, they had separated four months before, and she was living with their daughters in San Diego while he occupied a bachelor's quarters at

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Cooper was piloting suddenly lost power. He aborted the takeoff, but the landing gear collapsed and the aircraft skidded erratically for 2,000 feet (610 m), and crashed at the end of the runway, bursting into flames. Cooper and Grissom escaped unscathed, although the aircraft was a total loss.

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were the only Mercury astronauts who consistently attended geology classes. Slayton later asserted that he never intended to rotate Cooper to another mission, and assigned him to the Apollo 10 backup crew simply because of a lack of qualified astronauts with command experience at the time. Slayton

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The two astronauts established a new space endurance record by traveling a distance of 3,312,993 miles (5,331,745 km) in 190 hours and 56 minutes—just short of eight days—showing that astronauts could survive in space for the length of time necessary to go from the Earth to the Moon and back.

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into the atmosphere. Precision was needed in the calculation; small errors in timing or orientation could produce large errors in the landing point. Cooper drew lines on the capsule window to help him check his orientation before firing the re-entry rockets. "So I used my wrist watch for time," he

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The mission was postponed from August 9 to 19 to give Cooper and Conrad more time to train, and was then delayed for two days due to a storm. Gemini 5 was launched at 09:00 on August 21, 1965. The Titan II booster placed them in a 163 by 349 kilometers (101 by 217 mi) orbit. Cooper's biggest

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bed. This cinetheodolite system could take pictures at thirty frames per second as an aircraft landed. The crew consisted of James Bittick and Jack Gettys, who began work at the site just before 08:00, with both still and motion picture cameras. According to Cooper's accounts, when they returned

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wrote: "While no one can argue with someone's experiences, in the case of Cooper's own sightings, I found some difficulty understanding how someone so connected with ground breaking technology and science could easily embrace ideas such as extraterrestrial visits with little more than anecdotal

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would orbit over nearly every part of Earth from 33 degrees north to 33 degrees south, a total of 28 ships, 171 aircraft, and 18,000 servicemen were assigned to support the mission. He orbited the Earth 22 times and logged more time in space than all five previous

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After leaving NASA, Cooper served on several corporate boards and as technical consultant for more than a dozen companies in fields ranging from high performance boat design to energy, construction, and aircraft design. Between 1962 and 1967, he was president of Performance Unlimited, Inc., a

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before sending them, he did. Cooper claimed that the quality of the photography was excellent, and what he saw was exactly what Bittick and Gettys had described to him. He expected that there would be a follow-up investigation, since an aircraft of unknown origin had landed at a

1292:, similar to the organizational emblems worn by military units. The patch was intended to commemorate all the hundreds of people directly involved, not just the astronauts. Cooper and Conrad chose an embroidered cloth patch sporting the names of the two crew members, a 1383:. They were in fourth place when a cracked motor forced them to withdraw. The next year Cooper and Grissom had an entry in the race, but were disqualified after failing to make a mandatory meeting. Cooper competed in the Southwest Championship Drag Boat races at 324:, he set a new space endurance record by traveling 3,312,993 miles (5,331,745 km) in 190 hours and 56 minutes—just short of eight days—showing that astronauts could survive in space for the length of time necessary to go from the Earth to the Moon and back. 1557:

on a regular basis as part of their job, were clearly unnerved. They explained how the saucer hovered over them, landed 50 yards (46 m) away using three extended landing gears, and then took off as they approached for a closer look. He called a special

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Cooper claimed until his death that the U.S. government was indeed covering up information about UFOs. He pointed out that there were hundreds of reports made by his fellow pilots, many coming from military jet pilots sent to respond to

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Cooper was president of his own consulting firm, Gordon Cooper & Associates, Inc., which was involved in technical projects ranging from airline and aerospace fields to land and hotel development. From 1973 to 1975, he worked for

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on June 22, 1963. Had the mission been approved, Shepard might not have flown it, as he was grounded in October 1963, and MA-10 might well have been flown by Cooper, who was his backup. In January 1964 the press reported that the

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Cooper liked to race cars and boats, and entered the $ 28,000 Salton City 500 miles (800 km) boat race, and the Southwest Championship Drag Boat races in 1965, and the 1967 Orange Bowl Regatta with fire fighter

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and the part astronauts would play in it. Cooper went through the selection process with another 109 pilots, and was not surprised when he was accepted as the youngest of the first seven American astronauts.

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military installation, but never heard about the incident again. He was never able to track down what happened to those photos, and assumed they ended up going to the Air Force's official UFO investigation,

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Slayton alleged that Cooper had developed a lax attitude towards training during the Gemini program; for the Gemini 5 mission, other astronauts had to coax him into the simulator. However, according to

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s flight. During the 19th orbit, the capsule had a power failure. Carbon dioxide levels began rising, both in Cooper's suit and in the cabin, and the cabin temperature climbed to over 130

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while flying over West Germany in 1951, although he denied reports he had seen a UFO during his Mercury flight. On May 3, 1957, when Cooper was at Edwards, he had a crew set up an

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failed, but the radio, which was connected directly to the battery, remained working, and allowed Cooper to communicate with the mission controllers. Like all Mercury flights,

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noted that Cooper had a slim chance of receiving the Apollo 13 command if he did an outstanding job as backup commander of Apollo 10, but Slayton felt that Cooper did not.

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to give Shepard more time to train. Loss of this command placed Cooper further down the flight rotation, meaning he would not fly until one of the later flights, if ever.

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While he was in space, Cooper recorded dark spots he noticed in the waters of the Caribbean. He believed these anomalies may be the locations of shipwrecks. The 2017

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is portraying Gordon Cooper. While the series was set to air in spring of 2020, the first two episodes aired on October 9, 2020, on subscription service Disney+.

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target vehicle from Launch Complex 14. At the end of the successful test, the erector could not be raised, and the two astronauts had to be retrieved with a

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to describe Mercury astronauts as "Spam in a can". "This flight would put an end to all that nonsense," Cooper later wrote. "My electronics were shot and a

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was designed for fully automatic control, a controversial engineering decision which reduced the role of an astronaut to that of a passenger, and prompted

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mission. Despite a series of severe equipment failures, he successfully completed the mission under manual control, guiding his spacecraft, which he named

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just 4 miles (6.4 km) ahead of the recovery ship. Cooper became the first astronaut to make a second orbital flight when he flew as command pilot of

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In January 1959, Cooper received unexpected orders to report to Washington, D.C. There was no indication what it was about, but his commanding officer,

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Mercury astronauts combined: 34 hours, 19 minutes, and 49 seconds. Cooper achieved an altitude of 165.9 miles (267 km) at

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Turning to his understanding of star patterns, Cooper took manual control of the tiny capsule and successfully estimated the correct

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as soon as he graduated from high school, but World War II ended before he saw overseas service. He was assigned to the

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in 1949. After service as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.

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as their respective backups. On July 22, Cooper and Conrad went through a rehearsal of a double launch of Gemini atop a

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followed by Darrell Miklos as he searched through Cooper's files to discover the location of the suspected shipwrecks.

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biplane, despite never having formal military pilot training. He graduated from college and law school, and became a

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Marcus F. Cooper (no relation) recalled an announcement in the newspaper saying that a contract had been awarded to

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Dismayed by his stalled astronaut career, Cooper retired from NASA and the USAF on July 31, 1970, with the rank of

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of it, and send it in to the Pentagon right away in a locked courier pouch. As Cooper had not been instructed to

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In November 1964, Cooper entered the $ 28,000 Salton City 500 miles (800 km) boat race with racehorse owner

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on commercial airlines. To continue earning their flight pay, Grissom and Slayton would go out on the weekend to

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MA-9 was the last of the Project Mercury flights. Walt Williams and others wanted to follow up with a three-day

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witnessed by more than four million spectators. The parade concluded with a congratulatory luncheon at the

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to insert a new medical probe, Cooper was nearly replaced by Shepard. This was followed by Cooper

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On May 22, 2012, another portion of Cooper's ashes was among those of 308 people included on the

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number to report such incidents, and was instructed to have their film developed, but to make no

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In 2019, National Geographic began filming a television series based on Tom Wolfe's 1979 book

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Cooper's wife Trudy watches the launch of Gemini 5 with their teenage daughters, Cam and Jan

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Cooper's Mercury astronaut career and appealing personality were depicted in the 1983 film

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Cooper attended Jefferson Elementary School and Shawnee High School, where he was on the

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spacecraft, for what turned out to be the last of the Project Mercury missions. Because

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Cooper at an induction ceremony of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2004. Astronauts

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mission, known as the manned one-day mission. On November 9, senior staff at the

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later that morning they reported that they had seen a "strange-looking, saucer-like"

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Cooper began the tradition of NASA mission insignia with this design for Gemini 5.

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Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard, America's First Spaceman

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and Navy flying schools were not taking any more candidates, he enlisted in the

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in the U.S. Army in June 1949. He was able to transfer his commission to the

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There were several mission-threatening technical problems toward the end of

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four miles (6.4 km) ahead of the recovery ship, the aircraft carrier

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on April 29, 2007, on a sub-orbital memorial flight by a privately owned

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Cooper went to Hawaii to live with his parents. He started attending the

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Swenson, Loyd S. Jr.; Grimwood, James M.; Alexander, Charles C. (1966).

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Project Mercury had begun with a goal of ultimately flying an 18-orbit,

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Hailey, Foster (May 23, 1963). "City Roars Big 'Well Done' to Cooper".

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NASA Astronaut Group 1, "The Mercury Seven", "The Original Seven" 1959

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Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts

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thrusters, which became erratic, and two of them failed completely.

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Cooper became the first astronaut to make a second orbital flight.

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attended by 1,900 people, where dignitaries such as Vice President

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Cooper appeared as himself in an episode of the television series

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mission. This placed him in line for the position of commander of

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was named after him. He was also a major contributor to the book

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with senior deskbound colonels and generals. Cooper traveled to

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has Gordon "Gordo" Stevens, a character based in part on him.

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with Charles Buckley, the NASA chief of security at the

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He received flight training at 5006:Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 3364:"SpaceX Falcon I fails during first stage flight" 1837:), and was given the honorary 33rd Degree by the 1622:A portion of Cooper's ashes (along with those of 1027:After an argument with NASA Deputy Administrator 556:(ROTC), which led to his being commissioned as a 6228: 3669: 2260: 1139:later recalled, "my eyeballs out the window for 839:, where a friend let him fly higher-performance 521:. They were married on August 29, 1947, in 3850: 3213: 3198: 3155: 3036: 2985: 2961: 2749: 2737: 2565: 2553: 2529: 2466: 2359: 2308: 2272: 2212: 2200: 2135: 2118: 2080: 2038: 1340:The mission was cut short by the appearance of 6387:United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees 5100:(non-NASA project inspired by Project Mercury) 3988: 3940:Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (1977). 3939: 3674:. Praeger special studies. New York: Praeger. 3670:Atkinson, Joseph D.; Shafritz, Jay M. (1985). 3430:"Cooper the Cool jockeys Faith 7—between naps" 3411:"Astronauts Have Their Day at the White House" 3021: 2825: 2810: 2798: 2725: 2713: 2675: 2478: 2434: 2395: 2383: 2224: 1518:, along with his efforts to expose an alleged 1318:(left) and Cooper on deck of recovery carrier 903:(NASCAR). He also enjoyed racing speedboats. 901:National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing 843:jets. This came up when Cooper had lunch with 540:Class 56D. Front row: Captains Gordon Cooper, 6302:Deaths from Parkinson's disease in California 5586: 5125: 4505: 4470:List of United States Marine Corps astronauts 4290: 4199: 4130:National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3911: 3788:. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. 3756: 2902:. Vol. 38, no. 78. November 3, 1964 2786: 2296: 1522:. In his review of the book, space historian 1329:Gemini 5 was originally intended to practice 440:, where he achieved its second highest rank, 4475:List of United States Space Force astronauts 4057:(1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. 4020:This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury 3335: 3333: 3331: 2587:"Gordon Cooper Touts New Book Leap of Faith" 967:Cooper was designated for the next mission, 6402:University of Maryland, College Park alumni 3168:Martin, Robert Scott (September 10, 1999). 3135:"'Faith' regained: Gordon Cooper interview" 2007: 2005: 2003: 2001: 1999: 1997: 1995: 1993: 1689:Cooper received many awards, including the 1654:rocket failed two minutes into the flight. 1417:during water egress training in April 1969. 1220:running Cooper for the United States Senate 862:House Committee on Science and Astronautics 351: 5593: 5579: 5132: 5118: 4512: 4498: 4297: 4283: 4206: 4192: 3881: 3009: 1359:Cooper served as backup Command Pilot for 656:USAF Experimental Flight Test Pilot School 486:as an alternate for an appointment to the 51: 3328: 3255:"Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77" 3051:"Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77" 2936:. The Vintage Hydroplanes. Archived from 2760: 2758: 6267:Air Force Institute of Technology alumni 4097:. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 4047: 3436:. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. 3311:"Scotty: ashes located and heading home" 3308: 3219: 3073: 3071: 2860:. NASA JSC. October 2004. Archived from 2660: 2347: 1990: 1825:, Adventurers' Club of Los Angeles, and 1769:Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame 1680: 1553:Cooper recalled that these men, who saw 1464: 1401: 1363:, the last of the Gemini missions, with 1310: 1267: 1196: 1079: 951: 772:were announced at a press conference at 728: 532: 6372:U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni 4460:List of astronauts by year of selection 3964:Apollo: The Lost and Forgotten Missions 3961: 3818: 3726: 3696: 3630: 3604: 3570: 3482: 3466:"State Aviation Hall of Fame Inducts 9" 3121: 2997: 2973: 2920: 2882: 2852: 2850: 2848: 2846: 2844: 2842: 2840: 2838: 2836: 2834: 2648: 2371: 2332: 2284: 2248: 2236: 2188: 2176: 2096:. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from 2063: 1984: 1167:On May 22, New York City gave Cooper a 1057:had intervened to prevent his removal. 891:in 1960, and was a Chevrolet dealer in 776:in Washington, D.C., on April 9, 1959: 374:, and served on the presidential yacht 14: 6229: 3784:We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves 3389:"FALCON 9 R/B – Satellite Information" 3361: 3167: 2755: 2630: 2619:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2580: 2578: 2576: 2574: 2518:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2506:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2494:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2450:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2423:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 2408:Swenson, Grimwood & Alexander 1966 1892:in the Season 3 episode "Oklahoma" of 1888:. That year, he was also portrayed by 1530:Cooper claimed to have seen his first 393:. He was called to active duty during 32:For the American football player, see 6417:Shawnee High School (Oklahoma) alumni 6397:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni 5574: 5442:Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System 5113: 4493: 4278: 4187: 4087: 3485:"Hall to Induct Seven Space Pioneers" 3483:Harbert, Nancy (September 27, 1981). 3068: 2584: 2541: 2320: 1844: 1685:Cooper at a parade given in his honor 1306:Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System 1241:was designated as his co-pilot, with 800:, which would be used for the first, 733:Cooper in his Mercury spacesuit, the 552:At college, Cooper was active in the 361: 6337:Murray High School (Kentucky) alumni 6262:20th-century American businesspeople 6172:Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex 5602:United States Astronaut Hall of Fame 3253:Wald, Matthew L. (October 5, 2004). 3252: 3225: 3081:. New Mexico Museum of Space History 3049:Wald, Matthew L. (October 5, 2004). 3048: 3042: 2831: 1833:(member of Carbondale Lodge # 82 in 1676: 1409:backup crew (left to right) Cooper, 833:McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base 538:USAF Experimental Flight Test School 459:when he was 16. His family moved to 116:University of Maryland, College Park 5507:Military Orbital Development System 4519: 3549:. Freemason Information. March 2015 2571: 1784:Society of Experimental Test Pilots 879:presented Shepard with a brand-new 528: 24: 6377:United States Air Force astronauts 5139: 4558: 1771:in 1980. He was inducted into the 1632:and 206 others) was launched from 941: 887:, a racing car driver who won the 718: 25: 6433: 6357:Recipients of the Legion of Merit 4143:Why Did 'Gordo' Tell UFO Stories? 4136: 4002:(1st ed.). New York: Forge. 3605:Bradley, Laura (April 17, 2017). 3454:. September 22, 1964. p. 21. 3226:Bond, Peter (November 18, 2004). 1370: 1186: 860:. The matter was taken up by the 670:at Edwards, where he served as a 617:Air Force Institute of Technology 34:Gordon Cooper (American football) 6382:United States Air Force officers 6332:Military personnel from Oklahoma 6214: 6202: 5240: 4161:– NASA memories of Gordon Cooper 4124: This article incorporates 4119: 3362:Bergin, Chris (August 2, 2008). 2585:David, Leonard (July 30, 2000). 2094:"Scouting and Space Exploration" 2011: 1773:International Space Hall of Fame 1707:NASA Distinguished Service Medal 1501: 1239:nine astronauts selected in 1962 1225:Project Mercury was followed by 1031:over last-minute changes to his 668:Flight Test Engineering Division 654:Cooper and Grissom attended the 554:Reserve Officers' Training Corps 484:Naval Academy Preparatory School 235: 230: 149:NASA Distinguished Service Medal 3636: 3598: 3576: 3539: 3521: 3495: 3476: 3458: 3440: 3428:Wolfe, Tom (October 25, 1979). 3421: 3403: 3381: 3355: 3309:Sherriff, Lucy (May 22, 2007). 3302: 3272: 3246: 3170:"Gordon Cooper: No Mercury UFO" 3161: 3127: 3093: 2926: 2888: 2768:. collectSPACE. August 24, 2015 2703:– via The New York Times. 2681: 2624: 1855:, in which he was portrayed by 1586:Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 1286:First Lady of the United States 1183:made speeches honoring Cooper. 506:from the Marine Corps in 1946. 291:, he was commissioned into the 4923:McDonnell Aircraft Corporation 4031:. NASA SP-4201. Archived from 3286:. May 18, 2007. Archived from 2858:"Gordon Cooper NASA Biography" 2141: 2086: 1792:American Astronautical Society 1703:NASA Exceptional Service Medal 1541:precision landing system on a 713: 511:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 470:After Cooper learned that the 403:Judge Advocate General's Corps 340:mission, he was superseded by 154:NASA Exceptional Service Medal 112:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 27:American astronaut (1927–2004) 13: 1: 6347:People from Shawnee, Oklahoma 4465:Astronaut ranks and positions 3662: 2018:40th Anniversary of Mercury 7 1460: 1431:Chief of the Astronaut Office 1006:, the booster designated for 609:525th Fighter Bomber Squadron 6342:People from Murray, Kentucky 6272:American aerospace engineers 5555:Rendezvous Docking Simulator 3343:. collectSPACE. May 22, 2012 2261:Atkinson & Shafritz 1985 1216:Democratic Party of Oklahoma 603:for four years. He became a 432:high school year, he played 428:and track teams. During his 7: 5550:Manned Space Flight Network 5083:Manned Space Flight Network 3889:. New York: ipicturebooks. 3859:. New York: HarperCollins. 3214:Cooper & Henderson 2000 3199:Cooper & Henderson 2000 3156:Cooper & Henderson 2000 3037:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2986:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2962:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2750:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2738:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2566:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2554:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2530:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2467:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2360:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2309:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2273:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2213:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2201:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2136:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2119:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2081:Cooper & Henderson 2000 2039:Cooper & Henderson 2000 1782:Cooper was a member of the 1777:U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame 1663:International Space Station 1611:Cooper died at age 77 from 1506:In Cooper's autobiography, 1089:is currently on display at 930:, and was backup pilot for 646:on June 23, 1956, when the 519:private pilot certification 488:United States Naval Academy 10: 6438: 5512:Manned Orbiting Laboratory 4556: 3022:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2934:"1967 Orange Bowl Regatta" 2826:Hacker & Grimwood 1977 2811:Hacker & Grimwood 1977 2799:Hacker & Grimwood 1977 2726:Hacker & Grimwood 1977 2714:Hacker & Grimwood 1977 2676:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2479:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2435:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2396:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2384:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 2225:Slayton & Cassutt 1994 1871:From the Earth to the Moon 1695:Distinguished Flying Cross 1391:. In 1968, he entered the 1190: 1164:performance of the pilot. 1111:). The clock and then the 945: 910:(CAPCOM) for NASA's first 897:Sports Car Club of America 722: 638:While at AFIT, Cooper met 635:there on August 28, 1956. 476:United States Marine Corps 332:. In 1968, he entered the 320:in 1965. Along with pilot 285:United States Marine Corps 275:, and the youngest of the 143:Distinguished Flying Cross 31: 6412:Project Gemini astronauts 6307:Engineers from California 6297:Collier Trophy recipients 6164: 5608: 5532: 5490: 5470: 5422: 5249: 5238: 5175: 5154: 5147: 5075: 5054: 5031: 5024: 4987: 4950: 4915: 4883: 4862: 4813: 4797: 4790: 4755: 4640: 4577: 4570: 4527: 4452: 4321: 4274: 4231: 4223:NASA Astronaut Group 1 → 4221: 3990:Slayton, Donald K. "Deke" 3922:In the Shadow of the Moon 3828:. London: Penguin Books. 3760:; Cooper, L. Gordon Jr.; 3584:"About Cooper's Treasure" 2787:French & Burgess 2007 2149:"Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr" 1943:In the Shadow of the Moon 1762:Oklahoma State University 1665:. This flight, using the 1659:SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 819:for astronauts to carry. 277:seven original astronauts 251: 243: 224: 210: 200: 190: 176: 169: 162: 130: 107: 88: 62: 50: 43: 5452:Gemini Guidance Computer 1971: 1885:The Astronaut Wives Club 1735:John J. Montgomery Award 1606: 984:Manned Spacecraft Center 802:sub-orbital spaceflights 500:Presidential Honor Guard 498:He was serving with the 352:Early life and education 6317:Engineers from Oklahoma 6312:Engineers from Kentucky 5771:Frank L. Culbertson Jr. 5001:Wallops Flight Facility 4941:North American Aviation 4563:Mercury program capsule 3962:Shayler, David (2002). 3176:. Purch. Archived from 2896:"Astronaut Goes to Sea" 1727:Iven C. Kincheloe Award 1669:launch vehicle and the 1661:that was bound for the 1492:The Walt Disney Company 912:sub-orbital spaceflight 574:Williams Air Force Base 562:United States Air Force 407:United States Air Force 383:Oklahoma National Guard 293:United States Air Force 270:United States Air Force 258:Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. 67:Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. 6292:Aviators from Oklahoma 5016:Mercury Control Center 4564: 4225:NASA Astronaut Group 2 4126:public domain material 3770:Schirra, Walter M. Jr. 1811:Royal Order of Jesters 1686: 1619:, on October 4, 2004. 1478: 1418: 1379:and racing car driver 1326: 1325:after Gemini 5 mission 1273: 1202: 1093: 964: 825:Langley Air Force Base 815:to develop a personal 768:The identities of the 737: 660:Edwards Air Force Base 613:University of Maryland 549: 444:. His parents owned a 6407:Writers from Oklahoma 6392:United States Marines 6322:Harmon Trophy winners 5946:Michael López-Alegría 5846:Richard F. Gordon Jr. 5064:(rival in space race) 4562: 4308:NASA Astronaut Groups 4157:May 30, 2023, at the 3887:The All-American Boys 3509:on September 18, 2020 3503:"L. Gordon Cooper Jr" 2014:"L. Gordon Cooper Jr" 1827:Boy Scouts of America 1823:Confederate Air Force 1751:Silver Antelope Award 1743:University of Hawaiʻi 1731:Air Force Association 1721:Legion of Honor, the 1684: 1584:, which was based at 1555:experimental aircraft 1520:UFO conspiracy theory 1468: 1405: 1314: 1271: 1200: 1179:and former president 1083: 955: 926:'s orbital flight on 732: 633:Aerospace Engineering 566:Perrin Air Force Base 536: 438:Boy Scouts of America 411:Hickam Air Force Base 6287:Aviators from Hawaii 6282:American test pilots 6177:NASA Astronaut Corps 5851:Frederick D. Gregory 5811:Christopher Ferguson 5560:1966 NASA T-38 crash 5457:Agena target vehicle 5093:Astronaut Wives Club 4313:NASA Astronaut Corps 4171:. NASA. October 2004 3966:. London: Springer. 3774:Shepard, Alan B. Jr. 3547:"Masonic Astronauts" 2864:on December 24, 2018 2813:, pp. 239, 266. 2693:St. Petersburg Times 1835:Carbondale, Colorado 1397:Kennedy Space Center 1335:Agena target vehicle 1091:Space Center Houston 1077:during a countdown. 963:on May 15, 1963 908:capsule communicator 774:Dolley Madison House 405:. He transferred to 397:, and served in the 391:state district judge 6277:American Freemasons 6252:1965 in spaceflight 6247:1963 in spaceflight 6126:Kathryn C. Thornton 6111:Kathryn D. Sullivan 6026:Charles J. Precourt 6016:Scott E. Parazynski 5976:Bruce McCandless II 5821:C. Gordon Fullerton 5726:Franklin Chang-Díaz 5681:Daniel Brandenstein 5041:(successor program) 4943:(Little Joe rocket) 4148:"Remembering 'Gordo 3758:Carpenter, M. Scott 3573:, pp. 273–274. 3489:Albuquerque Journal 3470:The Daily Oklahoman 3368:NASASpaceflight.com 3228:"Col Gordon Cooper" 3180:on January 23, 2010 3124:, pp. 341–342. 2988:, pp. 176–182. 2828:, pp. 259–262. 2801:, pp. 256–259. 2678:, pp. 136–139. 2663:, pp. 343–345. 2651:, pp. 204–206. 2425:, pp. 489–490. 2410:, pp. 486–487. 2386:, pp. 121–122. 2323:, pp. 152–153. 2251:, pp. 274–275. 2138:, pp. 102–103. 1819:Order of Daedalians 1745:Regents Medal, the 1617:Ventura, California 1510:, co-authored with 1393:24 Hours of Daytona 850:The Washington Star 750:St. Louis, Missouri 686:. He also flew the 629:Bachelor of Science 627:. He completed his 492:Annapolis, Maryland 467:in June 1945. 453:pilot certification 334:24 Hours of Daytona 205:NASA Group 1 (1959) 100:Ventura, California 6106:Thomas P. Stafford 5911:Thomas David Jones 5896:Jeffrey A. Hoffman 4990:and Control Center 4814:In order of flight 4565: 3883:Cunningham, Walter 3778:Slayton, Donald K. 3766:Grissom, Virgil I. 3762:Glenn, John H. Jr. 3452:The New York Times 3259:The New York Times 3103:. The Space Review 3055:The New York Times 2695:. January 18, 1964 2633:The New York Times 2297:Cooper et al. 2010 2151:. Veteran Tributes 1845:Cultural influence 1687: 1479: 1419: 1331:orbital rendezvous 1327: 1274: 1203: 1169:ticker-tape parade 1094: 1029:Walter C. Williams 965: 920:Mercury-Redstone 3 893:Melbourne, Florida 881:Chevrolet Corvette 746:McDonnell Aircraft 738: 589:Landstuhl Air Base 550: 472:United States Army 465:Murray High School 368:United States Navy 262:aerospace engineer 6190: 6189: 6061:Rusty Schweickart 6011:Bryan D. O'Connor 5861:John M. Grunsfeld 5776:Walter Cunningham 5568: 5567: 5482:Launch Complex 14 5462:Gemini space suit 5430:Gemini spacecraft 5411:(command pilot), 5395:(command pilot), 5379:(command pilot), 5363:(command pilot), 5347:(command pilot), 5331:(command pilot), 5315:(command pilot), 5299:(command pilot), 5283:(command pilot), 5267:(command pilot), 5236: 5235: 5107: 5106: 5088:Mercury spacesuit 5071: 5070: 4937:(Redstone rocket) 4879: 4878: 4751: 4750: 4487: 4486: 4483: 4482: 4104:978-0-553-27556-8 3932:978-0-8032-1128-5 3896:978-1-87696-324-8 3835:978-0-14-311235-8 3795:978-1-4391-8103-4 3741:978-3-319-30562-2 3711:978-1-4419-8405-0 3681:978-0-03-005187-6 3533:Victoria Advocate 3216:, pp. 83–86. 3201:, pp. 82–83. 3012:, pp. 42–43. 2940:on August 9, 2017 2635:. pp. 1, 26. 2568:, pp. 56–57. 2532:, pp. 52–53. 2469:, pp. 37–39. 2362:, pp. 28–30. 2311:, pp. 24–25. 2299:, pp. 83–85. 2275:, pp. 22–23. 2263:, pp. 42–47. 2239:, pp. 23–24. 2215:, pp. 12–15. 2121:, pp. 94–95. 2041:, pp. 93–94. 1907:Cooper's Treasure 1903:Discovery Channel 1779:on May 11, 1990. 1775:in 1981, and the 1753:. 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1283: 1279: 1270: 1266: 1264: 1263:cherry picker 1260: 1256: 1253:booster from 1252: 1248: 1244: 1240: 1237:, one of the 1236: 1232: 1228: 1223: 1221: 1217: 1212: 1211:James E. 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When Atlas 1001: 1000:Vostok 3 985: 976: 970: 962: 958: 954: 949: 939: 937: 933: 932:Wally Schirra 929: 925: 921: 917: 913: 909: 904: 902: 898: 894: 890: 886: 882: 878: 874: 869: 867: 863: 859: 856: 852: 851: 846: 845:William Hines 842: 838: 834: 830: 829:T-33 aircraft 826: 820: 818: 814: 810: 807: 803: 799: 795: 791: 787: 786:Wally Schirra 783: 779: 775: 771: 770:Mercury Seven 766: 762: 759: 755: 751: 747: 743: 742:Major General 736: 731: 726: 711: 709: 705: 701: 697: 693: 689: 685: 681: 677: 673: 669: 665: 661: 657: 652: 649: 648:Lockheed T-33 645: 641: 636: 634: 630: 626: 622: 618: 614: 610: 606: 602: 598: 594: 590: 585: 583: 579: 575: 571: 567: 563: 559: 555: 547: 543: 539: 535: 526: 524: 520: 516: 512: 507: 505: 501: 497: 493: 489: 485: 481: 480:Parris Island 477: 473: 468: 466: 462: 458: 457:Piper J-3 Cub 454: 450: 447: 443: 439: 435: 431: 427: 422: 420: 416: 412: 408: 404: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 379: 373: 369: 364: 359: 349: 347: 343: 339: 335: 331: 325: 323: 319: 315: 311: 310: 305: 301: 296: 294: 290: 286: 282: 278: 274: 271: 267: 263: 259: 250: 247:July 31, 1970 246: 242: 238: 233: 229: 223: 220: 216: 213: 209: 206: 203: 199: 195: 192:Time in space 189: 186: 182: 179: 175: 172: 168: 165: 161: 155: 152: 150: 147: 144: 141: 139: 136: 135: 133: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 110: 106: 101: 91: 87: 82: 77:March 6, 1927 65: 61: 54: 49: 45:Gordon Cooper 42: 39: 35: 30: 19: 6116:Jack Swigert 6101:Deke Slayton 6086:Alan Shepard 6041:Stuart Roosa 5906:Marsha Ivins 5806:Ronald Evans 5786:Charles Duke 5755: 5696:James Buchli 5691:Curtis Brown 5671:Ken Bowersox 5666:Frank Borman 5626:Scott Altman 5491:Developments 5471:Launch sites 5447:Titan rocket 5402: 5386: 5370: 5361:Tom Stafford 5354: 5338: 5333:Tom Stafford 5322: 5313:Frank Borman 5306: 5296: 5290: 5274: 5258: 4988:Launch sites 4925:(spacecraft) 4872:(space suit) 4870:Navy Mark IV 4854:Deke Slayton 4847: 4822:Alan Shepard 4688:Little Joe 5 4648:Little Joe 1 4631:Freedom 7 II 4630: 4622: 4615: 4608: 4602:Friendship 7 4601: 4593: 4586: 4550:Space flight 4266:Deke Slayton 4261:Alan Shepard 4240: 4173:. 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Discovery 3320:January 20, 3294:January 20, 3232:Independent 3184:January 20, 3107:February 2, 2944:January 21, 2906:January 21, 2601:January 20, 1890:Colin Hanks 1829:. 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