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Gordon Cooper

Gordon Cooper

Acting
06 Mar 1927
04 Oct 2004
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

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.

Also Known As

L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Col. Gordon Cooper

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