gordoncooper
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Cooper Egressing Faith 7 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 16 May
Mercury On Deck from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
L. Gordon Cooper Launches on MA-9 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper from NASA on The Commons uploaded 15 May
Mercury-Atlas Rocket on the Launch Pad from NASA on The Commons uploaded 14 May
Aerial View of Launch Complex 14 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 7 May
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 9 February
Cooper and Conrad on Deck from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2025
Gemini 5 Splashdown and Recovery from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2025
Conrad and Cooper Practice Survival Training from NASA on The Commons uploaded July 2025
Cooper and Capsule on Deck from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2025
Cooper Departs Transfer Van from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2025
Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit from NASA on The Commons uploaded April 2025
Cooper and Conrad Await Recovery Helicopter from NASA on The Commons uploaded August 2024
Liftoff of Faith 7 from NASA on The Commons uploaded May 2024
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Facilities-Lindbergh Field Plt. 19
from SDASM Archives
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Drew Granston said:
Mercury astronauts: 4th from left is Alan Shepard, and 5th from left is Gordon Cooper. At far right is Scott Carpenter, wearing the same Visitor badge as Shepard and Cooper.
Facilities-Kearny Mesa
from SDASM Archives
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Drew Granston said:
Six of the 7 Mercury astronauts arrive at Convair in San Diego in September of 1959. From left, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard and Gordon Cooper. On the day this picture was taken, who could have foreseen their fates? With the exception of Carpenter, all of these men flew into space at least twice. Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Gus Grissom flew on Mercury and Gemini, but died in the tragic Apollo 1 fire in 1967. Alan Shepard walked on the moon in 1971. John Glenn is both the first (1962) and oldest (1998) American to orbit the earth, and the only Mercury astronaut to fly on the space shuttle, get elected to Congress, and be a candidate for Vice-President (1976) and President (1984), losing the latter to Walter Mondale. (Mondale polled 49%, Glenn, 41%, so he was close. One has to wonder - if Glenn had been nominated in 1984, would he have beaten Ronald Reagan, and what effect would that have had on world history?)