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1 de may. de 2023 · He founded Gordon Cooper and Associates that year and served as president of the consulting firm that specialized in activities ranging from aerospace to hotel and land development projects. Cooper was a director of a number of other organizations, most specializing in energy, advanced electronics systems, efficient homes, boats and marine systems and equipment.
He also served as backup pilot for MA-8, Wally Schirra's mission in Sigma 7.11. 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.
30 de ago. de 2023 · Colonel Cooper was selected as a Mercury astronaut in April 1959. He piloted the “Faith 7” spacecraft which concluded the operational phase of Project Mercury. Cooper served as command pilot of the Gemini 5 mission. He served as backup command pilot for Gemini 12 and as backup commander for Apollo X. Colonel Cooper logged 222 hours in space.
21 de may. de 1998 · L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. Interviewed by Roy Neal Pasadena, California – 21 May 1998. Neal: I want to take you ... Cooper: Well, I think, one of the things that people always ask is why there’s not apparent public interest in the space program right now. I think there’s ...
1 de may. de 2017 · Monday, May 1, 2017. In perspective, the stories that Gordon Cooper told Darrell Miklos about his space treasure map (see “The magic MacGuffin of Mercury 9”, The Space Review, April 24, 2017) are fully consistent with other stories he came up with in his later years to entertain people. Moreover, he apparently believed them himself and ...
3 de dic. de 2019 · Gordon Cooper fue uno de los primeros astronautas enviados por la NASA para explorar el espacio y, a medio plazo, pisar la Luna antes que los rusos. En su misión, encontró un tesoro que guardó ...
Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a public career and technology education center located in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the intersection of Interstate 40 and State Highway 18. It is part of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education system. The school is named for Gordon Cooper, an American aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one ...
