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NAME: Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. O
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Attended Naval Academy Preparatory School, 1945 Attended University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1946-1949 Attended European Extension of the University of Maryland Night School, Munich, Germany, 1950 BS in Aeronautical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 1956 Graduated, Air Force Experimental Flight Test School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1957 M
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EXPERIENCE: Unknown Rank, United States Marine Corps (1945-1946) Cooper received a commission from the United States Army, but transferred his commission to the Air Force Colonel, United States Air Force (1949-1970)

PRE-NASA CAREER: United States Marine Corps Presidential Honor Guard, Washington, DC (1945-1946) United States Air Force Pilot, 525th Fighter Bomber Squadron,86th Fighter Bomber Group, Neubiberg Air Force Base, Munich, Germany (1950-1954) Test Pilot and Aeronautical Engineer, Performance Engineering Branch, Flight Test Division, Edwards Air Force Base, California (1957-1959) NASA CAREER: NASA Space Task Group, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia/NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas Astronaut (1959-1970) POST-NASA CAREER: Gordon Cooper & Associates, Inc. (1970-1974) Vice President, Research and Development, Walt Disney Enterprises (1975) Head, X=L, Inc. (1976- date unknown)


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: Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) (Faith 7) · Crew: L. Gordon Cooper · Launched: 15 May 1963 at 8:04 A.M. EDT from Cape Canaveral, FL · Duration: 34 hours, 19 minutes, 22 seconds · Landed: 16 May 1963 at 6:23 P.M. EDT · Mission Highlights: Final Mercury flight. Longest U.S. manned spaceflight to date Gemi · · · · · ni V (GT-5) Crew: Commander L. Gordon Cooper, Pilot Charles "Pete" Conrad, Jr. Launched: 21 August 1965 at 8:59:59 A.M. EST from Kennedy Space Center, FL Duration: 7 days, 22 hours, 55 minutes, 14 seconds Landed: 29 August 1965 at 7:55:13 A.M. EST Mission Highlights: Tested fuel cells for electrical power and evaluated guidance and navigation system for future rendezvous missions. Evaluate long duration spaceflight (1 week)

PROFESSIONAL & HONORARY SOCIETIES: · Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots · Member, American Astronautical Society · Member, Blue Lodge Masons · Member, Scottish Rite Masons · Member, York Rite Masons · Member, Shriners · Member, Jesters · Member, International Rotary Club · Member, Confederate Air Force AWARDS & CITATIONS: · NASA Distinguished Service Medal · Air Force Astronaut Wings · NASA Exceptional Service Medal · Air Force Command Astronaut Wings · Distinguished Flying Cross with Cluster · Air Force Command Missileman's Badge · Scottish Rite 33° · York Rite Knight of the Purple Cross


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SELECT PUBLICATIONS: Carpenter, M. Scott, L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. We Seven. New York: Simon Schuster, 1962. Glen, John, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Donald Slayton, and Walter Schirra. Into Orbit. Introduction by John Dill. London: Cassell Company Ltd., 1962. BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES: NASA Biographies for L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Biographical Files, Scientific and Technical Information Center, Johnson Space Center, Houston. Michael Cassutt, Who's Who in Space: The First 25 Years (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1987), s.v. "Cooper, Gordon."
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET CREATED: 25 FEBRUARY 1998