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Cooper, [Leroy] Gordon Jr.
Born: 1927 AD
Died: 2004 AD, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Died: 2004 AD, at 77 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
US astronaut
member of original Mercury 7
1st US astronaut to make two space flights
last US astronaut to travel in space alone
wrote memoir "Leap of Faith" 2000
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- "Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight ... for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created."(Prayer while orbiting the earth in a space capsule)"
