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Gordon Cooper
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Leroy Gordon (Gordo) Cooper the fourth American to orbit the earth, and the last in Project Mercury, was born on 6 March, 1927.
He died of natural causes on 4 October, 2004 in Ventura, California.
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Mercury Mission
Cooper flew Spacecraft 16 a.k.a Faith 7 on the MA-9 mission.
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Technical Reponsibilities During Project Mercury
Cooper concentrated on the redstone booster.
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Biography/Memoirs
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown by Gordon Cooper with Bruce Henderson
ISBN 0060194162 hard cover edition
ISBN 0061098779 paperback edition
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See Also
Gordon Cooper in the Wikipedia.
