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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" Cooper
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.6.105

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper

American, 1927 - 2004
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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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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/solr-search?q=Gordon+Cooper Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10567925Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/13319895