Gordon Cooper

Known for Acting

Gordon Cooper's portrait

Details

Birthday: March 06, 1927

Deathday: October 04, 2004

Place of birth: Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

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.