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	SPACE.com -- Gordon Cooper, Pioneering Mercury Program Astronaut, Dead at 77
		Cooper was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original seven Mercury astronauts.
		Cooper, who took a nap in the capsule while waiting for Faith 7 to launch, was the last astronaut to orbit Earth alone.
		Cooper became the first man to make a second orbital flight two years later during the Gemini 5 mission, when he and Charles Conrad established a space endurance record by traveling more than 3.3 million miles in 190 hours, 56 minutes.
	www.space.com /news/gordon_cooper_041004.html (884 words)

	Gordon Cooper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cooper's first flight assignment was in Landstuhl, West Germany in 1950, where he flew F-84s and F-86s for four years; he also attended the European Extension of the University of Maryland while overseas.
		Cooper was the first astronaut to make a second orbital flight, and later served as backup command pilot for Gemini 12 and backup commander of Apollo 10.
		Cooper also stated that there were hundreds of reports made by other pilots, many coming from military jet pilots sent to respond to radar or visual sightings from the ground.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gordon_Cooper (1174 words)

	Houston's Clear Thinkers: R.I.P., Gordo Cooper
		Cooper subsequently flew a long mission in the Gemini Space Program in which he demonstrated that a trip to the moon was feasible.
		Cooper achieved was that he was the first person to sleep in space (seven and a half hours like a log, he reported).
		Cooper was also immortalized in film by former Houstonian Dennis Quaid's excellent portrayal of him in the wonderful 1983 film of Tom Wolfe's equally superb book, "The Right Stuff." For anyone who grew up during the early days of the American space program, "The Right Stuff" is a must see.
	blog.kir.com /archives/001218.asp (462 words)

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		Gordo Cooper was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts and went up in Faith 7 in 1963.
		Gordo Cooper was the last American to go into space alone...until the two pilots of SpaceShipOne took it into a low-earth orbit on their respective flights yesterday and last Friday.
		Gordo Cooper passed away on Monday, the same day that the X Prize was claimed.
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		Gordo's first Mercury flight, in 1963, was the last solo flight by an American astronaut, and he orbited the Earth for more than 34 hours.
		Cooper was the first human to sleep in space, and the first to be featured on live television from his orbiting spaceship.
		Cooper never got picked for an Apollo mission, a decision he blamed on "in-house politics." He also wrote a book claiming he encountered UFOs during his years as a test pilot, and saying he believed in extra-terrestrial intelligence.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=5729690&postID=109698803002757469 (305 words)

	Leap of Faith by Gordon Cooper and Bruce Henderson : Booksamillion.com (0060194162, Hardcover)
		Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, a select group of the nation's top military test pilots who braved the frontiers of space in the days when strapping yourself to a rocket meant you would be either a hundred miles up or six feet under.
		"Gordo" Cooper learned to fly with his father at age eight in his hometown of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and soloed by the time he was twelve.
		Cooper's father was a military pilot and an attorney; his mother was a teacher who also loved to fly.
	www.booksamillion.com /ncom/books?pid=0060194162 (636 words)

	Participants on board The Explorers Flight
		Born March 6, 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, “Gordo” Cooper attended primary and secondary schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma and Murray, Kentucky.
		Gordo became a leading celebrity of the new Space Age when he was selected as one of the Mercury 7 astronauts in April 1959.
		Gordo left NASA and retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1970.
	www.spaceservicesinc.com /MemorialSpaceflights/memorial/explorers/cooper.asp (533 words)

	Space pioneer whose exploits became the stuff of legend - Obituaries - www.smh.com.au
		Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, one of the most colourful of the Mercury Seven astronauts, whose exploits and foibles were made famous in the book and movie The Right Stuff, has died at his home in California, aged 77.
		Cooper, who was slightly built and thus fitted well into space capsules, was the last American to fly alone in space.
		Cooper was born on March 6, 1927, the only son of Leroy Gordon Cooper snr, an Air Force colonel who befriended Amelia Earhart.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/14/1097607363275.html (654 words)

	The Command Post - Global Recon - Gordon Cooper Passes Away At Age 77
		Gordon Cooper, one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts, passed away today, he was 77.
		Cooper piloted the final flight of the Mercury program, the United States' first manned spaceflight program that had the primary goal of putting a man in orbit around Earth.
		On May 15, 1963, Cooper piloted the "Faith 7" spacecraft on a 22-orbit mission that concluded the operational phase of the Project Mercury.
	www.command-post.org /nk/2_archives/015749.html (516 words)

	KEN LAYNE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr., one of the first American astronauts, died in Ventura -- that's in Southern California -- at the age of 77.
		Gordo Cooper was a hot-shot Air Force pilot who flew one of the very few solo Mercury missions.
		Cooper had a wide range of interests; a NASA biography listed his hobbies as treasure-hunting, archeology, racing, flying, skiing, boating, hunting and fishing.
	kenlayne.com /2004/10/goodnight-to-gordo-cooper.html (583 words)

	SDAM - Welcome to the San Diego Air & Space Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cooper was of the seven original astronauts chosen for the country's first missions into space.
		On August 21, 1965, Cooper served as the command pilot of the 8-day, 120-revolution Gemini 5 mission along with fellow astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad in which they established a new endurance record by traveling 3,312,993 miles in an elapsed time of 190 hours and 56 minutes.
		Cooper also became the first man to make a second orbital flight and thus won for the United States the lead in man-hours in space accumulating a total of 225 hours and 15 minutes.
	www.aerospacemuseum.org /press/releases/10052004.html (342 words)

	GruntDoc: Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1927-2004
		Cooper died Monday at his home in Ventura, NASA officials said in a statement.
		Born March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, Cooper was selected as a Mercury astronaut in April 1959.
		Cooper's cocksure attitude was immortalized in Tom Wolfe's book ``The Right Stuff'' and the 1983 movie of the same name.
	www.gruntdoc.com /2004/10/astronaut_gordon_cooper_192720.html (373 words)

	CNN.com - Space pioneer Gordon Cooper dies - Oct 4, 2004
		Cooper, an Oklahoma native who entered the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 1945, later became an elite Air Force test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base in California, where he became fascinated with the space program.
		By April 1959, Cooper was named as one of the Project Mercury astronauts, following grueling physical and mental tests each candidate had to endure.
		After leaving NASA, Cooper served on the boards of directors as a technical consultant to a number of companies in the aerospace, electronics and energy fields.
	www.cnn.com /2004/TECH/space/10/04/gordon.cooper/index.html (640 words)

	Astronaut Scholarship Foundation: Gordon Cooper Remembered
		Former U.S. Senator John Glenn said, "Gordo's final launch came as a shock, because the last time Annie and I were with him, his health seemed to have improved.
		Gordo was one of the most straightforward people I have ever known.
		Most recently Cooper participated in an "Astronauts on the Mississippi" riverboat cruise with Schirra, Carpenter, Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden and comedian Bill Dana to raise funds for the organization.
	www.astronautscholarship.org /2004_cooper.html (381 words)

	USATODAY.com - Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury pioneer, dies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury 7 and later commanded the Gemini V mission.
		Cooper, 77, known as "Gordo" to his friends and colleagues, died Monday at his Ventura home of natural causes.
		10/5/2004 12:56 PM Gordon Cooper was one of the original Mercury 7 and later commanded the Gemini V mission.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/science/space/2004-10-04-cooper-obit_x.htm (935 words)

	APOLLO MISSION CONTROL PHOTO PLUS
		Gordon Cooper is assisted into his Faith 7 spacecraft during a pre-flight simulated mission three days before he is scheduled to lift-off on the 22-orbit flight.
		Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft Faith 7.
		Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off.
	www.apollomissionphotos.com /index_Mercury.html (1301 words)

	Cooper
		Gordon Cooper and Alan Shepard, MA-9 pilot and backup pilot, visited the Morehead Planetarium in North Carolina to review the celestial sphere model, practice star navigation, and observe a simulation of the flashing light beacon (an experiment planned for the MA-9 mission).
		Cooper was reported in good condition, and this turned out to be the final Mercury flight.
		Cooper's efforts compensated for what he recognized as an erroneous reading and brought the capsule down closer to the ship than they would otherwise have been.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/cooper.htm (3483 words)

	Participants on board The Explorers Flight
		Born March 6, 1927 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, “Gordo” Cooper attended primary and secondary schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma and Murray, Kentucky.
		Gordo became a leading celebrity of the new Space Age when he was selected as one of the Mercury 7 astronauts in April 1959.
		Gordo left NASA and retired from the Air Force as a colonel in 1970.
	www.memorialspaceflights.com /memorial/explorers/cooper.asp (549 words)

	Sgt Grit's Marine Forum - Shawnee native Gordon Cooper set to take last spac (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cooper was born in Shawnee and died in October 2004.
		Among the ashes of 173 others going on the trip with Cooper's are those of James Doohan, who played Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott in Star Trek.
		Gordon Cooper was born in Shawnee in 1927 and joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school in 1946.
	www.grunt.com /FORUM/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=71553 (175 words)

	40 years ago this week
		Command Pilot Gordo Cooper and Pilot Pete Conrad with their "unnoficial" motto "8 Days or Bust" proved to the Flight Surgeons at NASA that man could withstand the rigours of spaceflight for the time it would require to journey to the moon and back.
		Cooper was the only one of the original seven who settled in the Cape area.
		Lots of Cooper's friends and family called him "Gordo"- but another popular nickname around the Cape area I'm told originated from their stenciled name abbreviations on the custom Mercury contour couches- thus, "Shep, Gris, Glen, Carp, Schir, Coop and Slay" were popular on the inside.
	www.thespacerace.com /forum/index.php?topic=981.msg8160;topicseen (1309 words)

	Space Cowboy Saloon
		Gordo Cooper was born on March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
		Gordo Cooper would be the last American to go into space alone, and the last man to ride an Atlas rocket.
		Gordo's next flight would be the record-setting Gemini 5 mission with New 9 rookie Pete Conrad.
	groups.msn.com /SpaceCowboySaloon/mercuryatlas9.msnw (774 words)

	UFO Area Pioneering Astronaut Sees UFO Cover-up
		Cooper, 72, was one of the original Mercury Seven picked by NASA in 1959.
		But Cooper is undeterred in his UFO beliefs.
		Asked who was the best pilot among the Mercury astronauts, Cooper thrilled his listeners by reciting the line spoken by Dennis Quaid, who played Cooper in the movie The Right Stuff.
	www.ufoarea.com /ufo_cooper.html (867 words)

	DVD Talk Forum - RIP Gordon "Gordo" Cooper
		Gordon Cooper Jr., the astronaut who piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini 5, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old.
		On behalf of the KSC family, I extend condolences to the Cooper family and our prayers are with them in their trying days ahead.
		Cooper emerges from Faith 7 capsule Image left: Cooper emerges from his Mercury capsule after the record-setting Faith 7 flight.
	forum.dvdtalk.com /showthread.php?t=389077 (1487 words)

	Gordon Cooper died (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cooper participated in the Mercury 7 space programme commanding the Faith 7 spacecraft and also piloted Gemini 5 (Gemini V).
		He was also known as "Gordo" to his friends and he had a Bachelor of Science university degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
		Cooper was also interested in Nikola Tesla's work and tried to start a research project in free worldwide energy transmission, without success.
	portal.wikinerds.org /node/61/print (379 words)

	Destination: Space UFO Template (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gordon “Gordo” Cooper was one of the original seven l Mercury astronauts.
		Cooper claims that "There certainly have been too many people, very qualified people and qualified groups of people, that have had interface of one type or another with extraterrestrial craft or beings. To really deny that something is going on and deny that they definitely exist, we need a little more explanation."
		Cooper testified before the United Nations in 1978 in the hope that the UN would become a central body for analysis and study of UFO reports.
	www.destinationspace.net /ufo/news/news9500.asp (2165 words)

	Gordo Cooper (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cooper received a commission in the U.S. Army after completing three years of schooling at the University of Hawaii.
		Cooper served as command pilot of the 8-day 120-revoution Gemini 5 mission which began on August 21, 1965.
		Gordo Cooper also had extensive experience in private industry, starting back in 1962 when he was president of Performance Unlimited, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of race and Marine engines, and fiberglass boats.
	www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Biographies/Gordo_Cooper (416 words)

	Spaceflight Now \| Breaking News \| Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper gone at age 77
		Astronaut Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, a veteran of NASA's Mercury and Gemini programs that paved the way for the Apollo moon landings, died today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 and his death came 47 years to the day after the space age began with the launch of the Russian Sputnik satellite.
		Cooper blasted off in his Faith 7 capsule atop an Atlas rocket on May 15, 1963, completing 22 orbits and becoming the first American to sleep in orbit before returning to Earth the next day.
		Cooper received an Army commission after three years at the University of Hawaii, but he transferred his commission to the Air Force and began flight training in 1949.
	www.spaceflightnow.com /news/n0410/04cooper (1631 words)

	Amazon.com: Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown: Books: Gordon Cooper,Bruce Henderson (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cooper cites the Shepard/Slayton cabal as symptomatic of the increasing bureaucracy of NASA, the military, and the federal government.
		It is important for the reader to observe keenly Cooper's misadventures with government entities, for they are of one weave with his later criticisms of government cover-up in the reporting of UFO sightings and general hostility toward individuals like himself at the outer margins of technology, from this world or another.
		Cooper apparently never lost touch with his astronaut friends, but he certainly picked up new ones along the way, including the mysterious clairvoyant and purveyor of character Valerie Ransone who seems to have preoccupied his personal and scientific attentions for a period in the 1980's.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060194162?v=glance (3463 words)

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