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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.6.105
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" CooperUnited States, 1927 - 2004

Member of the Marine Corps (1945-1946)

U.S. Airman (1950-1970)

Pilot of Faith 7 (1963)

Command Pilot of Gemini 5 (1965)

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper was an American aerospace engineer that enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1950. Cooper joined NASA in 1959 as a pilot for Faith 7 (1963) and as a command pilot for Gemini 5 (1965).

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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
The Steel Astronauts
1965.28.284
Cy Hungerford
ca. August 1965
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Gemini Stamp Souvenir Sheet
1970.6.105
1965
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Space Stamps First Day Cover
1970.35.40
1964
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Gemini 5 Medallion
1973.446.1
ca.1960
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