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American astronaut (1927-2004)

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Leroy Gordon 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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USAF Experimental Flight Test School Class 56D, April 1957. Front row: Captains Gordon Cooper, James Wood, Jack Mayo, and Gus Grissom.USAF Experimental Flight Test School Class 56D, April 1957. Front row: Captains Gordon Cooper, James Wood, Jack Mayo, and Gus Grissom.Cooper in his Mercury spacesuit, the Navy Mark IVCooper in his Mercury spacesuit, the Navy Mark IVMercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 on May 15, 1963Mercury-Atlas 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 on May 15, 1963Faith 7 on display at Space Center HoustonFaith 7 on display at Space Center HoustonCooper began the tradition of NASA mission insignia with this design for Gemini 5.Cooper began the tradition of NASA mission insignia with this design for Gemini 5.Cooper's wife Trudy watches the launch of Gemini 5 with their teenage daughters, Cam and JanCooper's wife Trudy watches the launch of Gemini 5 with their teenage daughters, Cam and JanPete Conrad (left) and Cooper on deck of recovery carrier USS Lake Champlain after Gemini 5 missionPete Conrad (left) and Cooper on deck of recovery carrier USS Lake Champlain after Gemini 5 mission

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1981International Space Hall of Fame
1963NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
Harmon Trophy
United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

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Leroy Gordon 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. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into 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.

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United States
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Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2004 · aged 77
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