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Gordon Cooper

United States

Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts selected by NASA in 1959. He piloted the final Mercury mission, Faith 7, in 1963, spending more than a day in orbit and becoming the last American to fly a solo orbital spaceflight. Cooper later commanded Gemini 5 in 1965, setting a new spaceflight endurance record at the time, and his two missions combined made him one of the most experienced astronauts of the early American space program.

Facts
Birth Date
1927-03-06 3
Birth Year
1927 3
Death Date
2004-10-04 3
Nationality
American 3
Notable Mission
Mercury-Atlas 9 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Commander 1
Dating
Selection Year
1959 2
Connections

Associated With

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia
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Nationality

United States

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Source Wikidata: Gordon Cooper
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Gordon Cooper (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Gordon Cooper lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
3. Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1927-03-06
  • Early life and education
    was born on March 6, 1927
  • Infobox, death_date
    2004-10-04
  • Lead, sentence 1
    was an American aerospace engineer
  • Lead, paragraph 2
    piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9
  • Gordon Cooper, Wikipedia - lead section, astronaut role
    After serving as backup commander of the Apollo 10 mission, he was superseded by Alan Shepard.
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    In 1968, he entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but NASA management ordered him to withdraw due to the dangers involved.
  • Associated With: NASA, Lead paragraph, associated-with
    In 1968, he entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but NASA management ordered him to withdraw due to the dangers involved.
  • In Group: Mercury and Gemini Astronauts, Lead sentence
    (March 6, 1927, October 4, 2004) 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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Wikidata: Gordon Cooper
Wikidata Q312833, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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