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Death day
October 4, 2004 (77 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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Celebrities born on March 6
Born in 1927
Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Pisces named Gordon
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Gordon Cooper Jr.
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr is an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, US Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the original seven astronauts in Project Mercury. America's first human space program. Cooper learned to fly as a child and after serving in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was appointed to the United States Air Force in 1949. After serving as a fighter pilot He qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959. In 1963, Cooper flew the longest and last Mercury cosmic flight, the Mercury-Atlas 9. During this 34-hour mission, he became the first American to spend a full day in space, the first person to sleep in space, and the last to complete a completely unique orbital mission.
NationalityUnited States
BornLeroy Gordon Cooper Jr, March 06, 1927, Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedOctober 04, 2004, Ventura, California, U.S.
Other occupationTest pilot
Alma materUniversity of Hawaii, University of Maryland, Air Force Institute of Technology, B.S. 1956
RankColonel, USAF
Time in space9d 09h 14m
Selection1959 NASA Group 1
MissionsMercury-Atlas 9, Gemini 5
RetirementJuly 31, 1970

About Gordon Cooper Jr.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on March 6, 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, United States (He dies at the age of 77, on October 4, 2004).

He spent 34 hours alone in a space capsule, demonstrating the viability of reaching the moon, as one of NASA's original seven Mercury astronauts.

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Gordon Cooper Jr. before becoming famous

Gordon Cooper Jr. was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1927 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

Before joining Project Mercury, he served in the Marine Corps and as a test pilot in the US Air Force.

Achievement of Gordon Cooper Jr.

During an eight-day Gemini 5 mission, he set a new endurance record by traveling more than 3.3 million kilometers.

Gordon Cooper Jr.'s Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma, until his father was called up by the military and the family moved to Kentucky during his final year of high school.

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Astronaut Gus Grissom was another of the Mercury Seven's first astronauts.

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Gordon Cooper Jr. Income & Net worth

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