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Gordon Cooper

Acting

Born March 6, 1927 · Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Died October 4, 2004

Also known as L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. · Col. Gordon Cooper

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Biography

Leroy Gordon 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. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After serving as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956 and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.

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Awards & recognition

  • International Space Hall of Fame · 1981
  • NASA Distinguished Service Medal · 1963
  • Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Harmon Trophy
  • Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
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  • United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

Filmography9 titles

Out of the Blue

2003as Self

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

2019as Self (archive footage)

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

2019as Self (archive footage)

Project Gemini: Bridge to the Moon

2003as Self

Close Encounters: Proof of Alien Contact

2000as Self - Astronaut

American Experience

1988as Self (archive footage)

The Phenomenon

2020as Self - NASA Astronaut (archive footage)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1969as Gordon Cooper

Dan Aykroyd Unplugged On UFOs

2005as Self