Gordon Cooper

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Born

March 6, 1927

Age at death

77

Died

October 4, 2004

From

Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" 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.