Leroy gordon cooper books

Shawnee native leroy gordon cooper was among the first seven americans to be selected for the astronaut program. Leroy gordon cooper jnr was born in 1927 in shawnee, oklahoma. March 6, 1927 october 4, 2004, col, usaf, better known as gordon cooper, was an american aerospace engineer, test pilot, united states air force pilot, and one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury, the first manned space program of the united states. Gordon cooper, astronaut, is dead at 77 the new york times.

Gordon cooper, author of we seven, on librarything. Gordo, as his fellow space colleagues called him, was known for his outstanding engineering skills. One of the original mercury 7 astronauts a select group of the nations top military test pilots chosen for americas newly formed manned space exploration program gordon cooper made history. Maud the encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. On may 1516, 1963, he circled the earth 22 times in the space capsule faith 7, completing the sixth and last of the mercury manned spaceflights. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Gordon cooper, one of the original seven mercury astronauts.

John glenn, walter schirra, leroy gordon cooper, donald slayton. Colonel cooper wrote a book, leap of faith, about his career in the air force and. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school is the 1,364th largest public school in. He was the last of the group to travel into space alone, setting various records along the way. Leroy cooper international space hall of fame new mexico. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up for the final mercury spaceflight 6 x 9 vintage original newspaper wire photo leroy gordon cooper, jr. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. While no one can argue with someones experiences, in the case of coopers own. Pilot of the mercury faith 7 craft, where he spent 34 hours and 20 minutes orbiting earth 22.

An only son, he learned to love flying at the age of five after his father, an army colonel, took him up in a biplane. Honoring the life of astronaut leroy gordon cooper, jr. He was married to susan theresa taylor and gertrude bernice trudy olson. High spirited, and reportedly denied an apollo assignment. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. During his time with the wasps, gordon commanded a deepsea bathyscaphe and. It enrolls 236 students in grades 1st through 12th.

A wonderful scarce book in as new condition, never taken out of its original shrinkwrap. His father sparked a love of flight when he took the fiveyearold up in a curtis robin monoplane from regan airport just outside of shawnee. Born on 14 february 2043, gordon tracy revels in all aquatic sports, from skindiving to waterskiing. His father, a lawyer and county court judge, was a private pilot. Though the least experienced of the members of the first astronaut. He completed three years at the university of hawaii and received an army commission. Gordon cooper s most popular book is leap of faith. Cooper elementary leroy gordon cooper elementary school. An astronauts prayer of thanksgiving daily encouragement. In 1963 he made the last and longest mercury flight of more than one day.

All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Gene kranz, former nasa flight director, in his book failure is not an. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school in cliffwood beach, nj. In 1963 he piloted the final mercury spaceflight and was the. Accessibility 160 birchwood drive cliffwood beach, nj 07735. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Death of leroy gordon jr gordo cooper at ventura, california. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. He died on october 4, 2004 in ventura, california, usa. He was one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury. His father enlisted in the united states navy during world war i, and served on the presidential yacht uss mayflower. If there is a topic that you are interested in knowing more about and it is not among the topics i have listed here, i am sure i can find a couple books or websites on it for you. On april 16, 1896, a post office was established and the town named for maud sterns, a sister to the wives of the two owners of the first general store. Dick lattimer, all we did was fly to the moon gainesville, fla whispering.

This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. His father, a colonel in the us army air corps, took him on his first airplane ride at the age of five. Simply click on the book title link to view additional information. Near fine, with a top center modest crease, even smaller crease at top left corner. He joined the united states marine corps while still in high school, and after graduating was briefly called to active duty in 1945.

Gordon cooper has 19 books on goodreads with 219 ratings. Cooper piloted the longest and final mercury spaceflight in 1963. His flight lasted for one day, ten hours, nineteen minutes, and fortynine seconds. By age eight cooper was flying the family plane, and by age twelve he had flown solo. Gordon cooper was born on march 6, 1927 in shawnee, oklahoma, usa as leroy gordon cooper jr. On may 15, 1963, cooper climbed into the faith 7 mercury spacecraft. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up. Gordon cooper autographed signed book nasa astronaut. March 6, 1927 october 4, 2004, also known as gordon cooper, was an american aeronautical engineer, test pilot and one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury, the first manned space program o. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.

Cooper, the only child of leroy and hattie, grew up in shawnee, okla. Leroy gordon cooper jr, an only child, was born on march 6 1927 at shawnee, oklahoma. A special limited edition, signed by the author, gordon cooper. Cooper, who was a little more commonly and a lot more awesomely known as gordo, wasnt merely the last american to make a solo journey into. Gordon cooper became first oklahoman in space may 15, 1963. Books by gordon cooper author of a second springtime. In 1957, cooper is assigned as a captain to lead forward the experimental flight test engineering division. Gordo was born in shawnee, oklahoma on march 6, 1927. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school 160 birchwood drive cliffwood beach, nj 07735 732 2903881 fax. Cooper, leroy gordon jr gordo encyclopedia astronautica. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up for the final mercury spaceflight 6 x 9 vintage original newspaper wire photo.

One way of looking at this is to say that the blue book project was americas favorite forum for covering up ufo evidence. The books are organized by groups for easy reference. Seven years later junior was flying solo in the family plane. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. To his fellow astronauts in the original seven, he was all that too, but he was also their brother gordo.

Cooper was the only child of leroy gordon cooper, sr. One of the storeowners, philip cooper, and his wife, cora sterns, were astronaut leroy gordon cooper, jr. In 1965 he flew on gemini 5 for eight days, setting a new spaceflight record, and became the first person to go into orbit twice. React to this resolution with an emoji save your opinion on this resolution on a sixpoint scale from strongly oppose to. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school is a public elementary school located in cliffwood beach, nj in the old bridge township school district. Named after astronaut leroy gordon cooper, he is a highly trained aquanaut, with stints in the submarine service and the world aquanaut security patrol under his belt. Shepard alan gus grissom wally schirra deke slayton scott. In 1963 he piloted the final mercury spaceflight and was the last american to fly an entirely solo orbital mission.