Gordon Cooper
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 20 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 6,1927 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Shawnee |
| Oklahoma | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 4,2004 |
| Died | Ventura |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Children | Janita Lee Cooper Stone |
| Camala Keoki Cooper Tharpe | |
| Elizabeth Jo Cooper | |
| Colleen Taylor | |
| Spouse | Susan Taylor |
| Trudy Olson | |
| Education | Murray High School |
| Air Force Institute of Technology | |
| University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | |
| Books | Leap of Faith |
| We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves | |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| NASA Distinguished Service Medal | |
| NASA Agency Honor Awards - Exceptional Service Medal | |
| Distinguished Flying Cross | |
| Space missions | Mercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5 |
| Movies/Shows | The Real Right Stuff |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 529859 |
Gordon Cooper Life story
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. 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.
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