Gordon Cooper
Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (6 Maret 1927 – 4 Oktober 2004) adalah seorang insinyur penerbangan, pilot uji coba, pilot Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat dan orang termuda dari tujuh antariksawan asli dalam Project Mercury, program luar angkasa berawak pertama Amerika Serikat. Cooper belajar terbang sejak kecil, dan setelah bertugas dalam United States Marine Corps pada Perang Dunia II, ia masuk Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat pada 1949. Setelah bertugas sebagai pilot tempur, ia terkualifikasi sebagai pilot uji coba pada 1956, dan terpilih menjadi antariksawan pada 1959.
| Gordon Cooper | |
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| Lahir | Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. 6 Maret 1927 Shawnee, Oklahoma, AS |
| Meninggal | 4 Oktober 2004 (umur 77) Ventura, California, AS |
| Kebangsaan | Amerika Serikat |
| Almamater | University of Hawaii University of Maryland Air Force Institute of Technology, B.S. 1956 |
| Pekerjaan | Pilot uji coba |
| Penghargaan | Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal |
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| Antariksawan NASA | |
| Misi | Mercury-Atlas 9 Gemini 5 |
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| Pensiun | 31 Juli 1970 |
Referensi
sunting- Atkinson, Joseph D.; Shafritz, Jay M. (1985). The Real Stuff: A History of NASA's Astronaut Recruitment Program. Praeger special studies. New York: Praeger. ISBN 978-0-03-005187-6. OCLC 12052375.
- Burgess, Colin (2011). Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts. Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. New York; London: Springer. ISBN 978-1-4419-8405-0. OCLC 747105631.
- Burgess, Colin (2016). Faith 7: L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission. Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. New York; London: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-30562-2. OCLC 1026785988.
- Carpenter, M. Scott; Cooper, L. Gordon Jr.; Glenn, John H. Jr.; Grissom, Virgil I.; Schirra, Walter M. Jr.; Shepard, Alan B. Jr.; Slayton, Donald K. (2010) [Originally published 1962]. We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks. ISBN 978-1-4391-8103-4. LCCN 62019074. OCLC 429024791.
- Chaikin, Andrew (2007). A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-311235-8. OCLC 958200469.
- Cooper, Gordon; Henderson, Bruce (2000). Leap of Faith. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019416-2. OCLC 59538671.
- Cunningham, Walter (2009) [1977]. The All-American Boys. New York: ipicturebooks. ISBN 978-1-87696-324-8. OCLC 1062319644.
- French, Francis; Burgess, Colin (2007). In the Shadow of the Moon. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-1128-5.
- Hacker, Barton C.; Grimwood, James M. (1977). On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. SP-4203. Diarsipkan (PDF) dari versi asli tanggal 2020-05-03. Diakses tanggal March 15, 2017.
- Shayler, David (2002). Apollo: The Lost and Forgotten Missions. London: Springer. ISBN 1-85233-575-0. OCLC 319972640.
- Slayton, Donald K. "Deke"; Cassutt, Michael (1994). Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle (edisi ke-1st). New York: Forge. ISBN 0-312-85503-6.
- Swenson, Loyd S. Jr.; Grimwood, James M.; Alexander, Charles C. (1966). This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury. The NASA History Series. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. OCLC 569889. NASA SP-4201. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2010-06-17. Diakses tanggal June 28, 2007.
- Thompson, Neal (2004). Light This Candle: The Life & Times of Alan Shepard, America's First Spaceman (edisi ke-1st). New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-609-61001-5. LCCN 2003015688. OCLC 52631310.
- Wolfe, Tom (1979). The Right Stuff. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-553-27556-8. OCLC 849889526.
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