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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) 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.
NAME: Leroy Gordon “Gordo” Cooper, Jr. ORAL HISTORY: 21 May 1998 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
Cooper's first flight began on May 15, 1963, when he was launched as the pilot of MA-9, the last Mercury mission. Cooper, in his Faith 7 capsule, orbited the Earth 22 times and logged more time in space than all five previous Mercury astronauts combined. His primary objectives were to evaluate the effects of a lengthier stay in space on man and ...
1 Μαΐ 2023 · The world knew him as Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., a space pioneer who set endurance records in both his Mercury Faith 7 flight and his Gemini 5 mission. To his fellow astronauts in the “Original Seven,” he was all that too, but he was also their brother — “Gordo.”
18 Ιουν 2024 · Attended primary and secondary schools in Shawnee, Oklahoma and Murray, Kentucky; received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in 1956; recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Science degree from Oklahoma City University in 1967.
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born in Oklahoma and joined the Marine Corps after graduating from high school. He later transferred to the Air Force and became a fighter pilot and aeronautical engineer.
The Royal College of Music was founded in 1883 to replace the short-lived and unsuccessful National Training School of Music (NTSM). The idea for the NTSM was initially proposed by the Prince Consort decades before the school opened. Conservatoires to train young students for a musical career had been set up in major European cities, but in London the long-established Royal Academy of Music ...
