Leroy gordon cooper books

On may 15, 1963, cooper climbed into the faith 7 mercury spacecraft. Gordo was born in shawnee, oklahoma on march 6, 1927. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Cooper piloted the longest and final mercury spaceflight in 1963. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up. John glenn, walter schirra, leroy gordon cooper, donald slayton. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Pilot of the mercury faith 7 craft, where he spent 34 hours and 20 minutes orbiting earth 22. Gordon cooper was born on march 6, 1927 in shawnee, oklahoma, usa as leroy gordon cooper jr. In 1963 he piloted the final mercury spaceflight and was the last american to fly an entirely solo orbital mission. It enrolls 236 students in grades 1st through 12th. On april 16, 1896, a post office was established and the town named for maud sterns, a sister to the wives of the two owners of the first general store.

He completed three years at the university of hawaii and received an army commission. Gordon cooper became first oklahoman in space may 15, 1963. Cooper elementary leroy gordon cooper elementary school. His father sparked a love of flight when he took the fiveyearold up in a curtis robin monoplane from regan airport just outside of shawnee. The books are organized by groups for easy reference. Cooper, the only child of leroy and hattie, grew up in shawnee, okla.

During his time with the wasps, gordon commanded a deepsea bathyscaphe and. Gordon cooper autographed signed book nasa astronaut. Accessibility 160 birchwood drive cliffwood beach, nj 07735. Colonel cooper wrote a book, leap of faith, about his career in the air force and. On may 1516, 1963, he circled the earth 22 times in the space capsule faith 7, completing the sixth and last of the mercury manned spaceflights. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up for the final mercury spaceflight 6 x 9 vintage original newspaper wire photo. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Dick lattimer, all we did was fly to the moon gainesville, fla whispering. Shepard alan gus grissom wally schirra deke slayton scott. One way of looking at this is to say that the blue book project was americas favorite forum for covering up ufo evidence. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school is a public elementary school located in cliffwood beach, nj in the old bridge township school district. One of the original mercury 7 astronauts a select group of the nations top military test pilots chosen for americas newly formed manned space exploration program gordon cooper made history.

His father, a lawyer and county court judge, was a private pilot. He died on october 4, 2004 in ventura, california, usa. While no one can argue with someones experiences, in the case of coopers own. Gordon cooper has 19 books on goodreads with 219 ratings. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. React to this resolution with an emoji save your opinion on this resolution on a sixpoint scale from strongly oppose to. Cooper was the only child of leroy gordon cooper, sr. In 1957, cooper is assigned as a captain to lead forward the experimental flight test engineering division. To his fellow astronauts in the original seven, he was all that too, but he was also their brother gordo. A wonderful scarce book in as new condition, never taken out of its original shrinkwrap.

He was the last of the group to travel into space alone, setting various records along the way. An astronauts prayer of thanksgiving daily encouragement. Death of leroy gordon jr gordo cooper at ventura, california. An only son, he learned to love flying at the age of five after his father, an army colonel, took him up in a biplane. Gene kranz, former nasa flight director, in his book failure is not an. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.

High spirited, and reportedly denied an apollo assignment. One of the storeowners, philip cooper, and his wife, cora sterns, were astronaut leroy gordon cooper, jr. Gordon cooper s most popular book is leap of faith. Named after astronaut leroy gordon cooper, he is a highly trained aquanaut, with stints in the submarine service and the world aquanaut security patrol under his belt. Gordo, as his fellow space colleagues called him, was known for his outstanding engineering skills. In 1963 he piloted the final mercury spaceflight and was the. By age eight cooper was flying the family plane, and by age twelve he had flown solo. His father, a colonel in the us army air corps, took him on his first airplane ride at the age of five. Though the least experienced of the members of the first astronaut. His father, a lawyer and county court judge, was a private pilot who was a friend of amelia earhart. Books by gordon cooper author of a second springtime. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school 160 birchwood drive cliffwood beach, nj 07735 732 2903881 fax. In 1963 he made the last and longest mercury flight of more than one day. Honoring the life of astronaut leroy gordon cooper, jr.

Near fine, with a top center modest crease, even smaller crease at top left corner. Leroy cooper international space hall of fame new mexico. Leroy gordon cooper jnr was born in 1927 in shawnee, oklahoma. Maud the encyclopedia of oklahoma history and culture. His father enlisted in the united states navy during world war i, and served on the presidential yacht uss mayflower. He was married to susan theresa taylor and gertrude bernice trudy olson. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school is the 1,364th largest public school in. Shawnee native leroy gordon cooper was among the first seven americans to be selected for the astronaut program. Leroy gordon cooper jr, an only child, was born on march 6 1927 at shawnee, oklahoma. March 6, 1927 october 4, 2004, also known as gordon cooper, was an american aeronautical engineer, test pilot and one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury, the first manned space program o. Gordon cooper, astronaut, is dead at 77 the new york times.

A special limited edition, signed by the author, gordon cooper. Gordon cooper, one of the original seven mercury astronauts. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Born on 14 february 2043, gordon tracy revels in all aquatic sports, from skindiving to waterskiing. Project mercury astronaut gordon gordo cooper suited up for the final mercury spaceflight 6 x 9 vintage original newspaper wire photo leroy gordon cooper, jr. He was one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury. His flight lasted for one day, ten hours, nineteen minutes, and fortynine seconds. If there is a topic that you are interested in knowing more about and it is not among the topics i have listed here, i am sure i can find a couple books or websites on it for you. Gordon cooper, author of we seven, on librarything. He joined the united states marine corps while still in high school, and after graduating was briefly called to active duty in 1945. Cooper, who was a little more commonly and a lot more awesomely known as gordo, wasnt merely the last american to make a solo journey into. March 6, 1927 october 4, 2004, col, usaf, better known as gordon cooper, was an american aerospace engineer, test pilot, united states air force pilot, and one of the seven original astronauts in project mercury, the first manned space program of the united states.

Cooper, leroy gordon jr gordo encyclopedia astronautica. Leroy gordon cooper elementary school in cliffwood beach, nj. Simply click on the book title link to view additional information. Seven years later junior was flying solo in the family plane. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.