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Gordon Cooper Has Died

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
October 4, 2004

4 October 2004: NASA Mourns Loss of Original Mercury 7 Astronaut Gordon Cooper

“Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) [bio] an original Mercury 7 astronaut, died earlier today at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77 years old. Cooper piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program and later commanded Gemini V.”

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