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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gordon_CooperGordon Cooper - Wikipedia

    Cooper died at age 77 from heart failure at his home in Ventura, California, on October 4, 2004. [80] A portion of Cooper's ashes (along with those of Star Trek actor James Doohan and 206 others) was launched from New Mexico on April 29, 2007, on a sub-orbital memorial flight by a privately owned UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL sounding rocket. The ...

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Gordon-CooperGordon Cooper | Biography, Spaceflights, & Facts | Britannica

    Sep 30, 2024 · Gordon Cooper (born March 6, 1927, Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S.—died October 4, 2004, Ventura, California) was one of the original team of seven U.S. astronauts. On May 15–16, 1963, he circled Earth 22 times in the space capsule Faith 7, completing the sixth and last of the Mercury crewed spaceflights.

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 2004/10/05 › obituariesGordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77 - The New York Times

    Oct 5, 2004 · Gordon Cooper, astronaut who flew last of pioneering Mercury space missions and stayed aloft in Gemini capsule long enough to demonstrate that trip to moon was feasible, dies at age 77; photo...

  5. spacenews.com › nasa-mourns-loss-of-originalNASA Mourns Loss of Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Gordon Cooper

    Oct 4, 2004 · “Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old.

  6. www.nasa.gov › remembering-gordon-cooper-temcsRemembering Gordon Cooper - NASA

    May 1, 2023 · Cooper, the youngest of the Original Seven Mercury astronauts, died at his California home on Oct. 4, 2004 at the age of 77. Cooper’s Mercury flight set a U.S. endurance record at the time, and he became the first astronaut to sleep in space during his 34 hour, 22 orbit mission.

  7. www.nasa.gov › humans-in-space › astronautsRemembering 'Gordo' - NASA

    May 1, 2023 · Cooper died Oct. 4 at his California home at the age of 77. He piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program (Faith 7, in 1963) and later commanded Gemini 5, becoming the first man to make a second orbital flight.

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  9. spaceflightnow.com › news › n0410Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper gone at age 77

    Oct 4, 2004 · 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...

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