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Gordon Cooper

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Birth date

March 6, 1927

Birth place

Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Death date

October 4, 2004

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.

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