Gordon Cooper
Acting
March 6, 1927
Died: October 4, 2004
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Biography
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, and the youngest of the seven original astronauts in Project Mercury, the first human space program of the United States.
Also Known As
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.Col. Gordon Cooper
