Gordon Cooper
(American Astronaut)
- Date of Birth:
- 6 March 1927
- Date of Death:
- 4 October 2004
- Nationality:
- American
- Quote count:
- 12
- Times favorited:
- 0
Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., also noted as Gordo Cooper, was an American astronaut. Cooper was one of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first manned-space effort by the United States. He flew the longest spaceflight of the Mercury project, was the first American to sleep in orbit and has been noted as the last American to fly alone in earth orbit thus far.
All quotes by Gordon Cooper 
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