Gordon Cooper

Leroy Gordon 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.

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Who was born first?

• Gordon Cooper and Vladimir Komarov were born the same year
• Gordon Cooper and Vladimir Shatalov were born the same year
• Gordon Cooper and Elliot See were born the same year
• Gordon Cooper was born 1 year after Gus Grissom
• Gordon Cooper was born 1 year before Jim Lovell

Timeline

1. Gus GrissomApril 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967
2. Elliot SeeJuly 23, 1927 – February 28, 1966
3. Gordon Cooper (this page)March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004
4. Vladimir KomarovMarch 16, 1927 – April 24, 1967
5. Vladimir ShatalovDecember 8, 1927 – June 15, 2021
6. Jim LovellMarch 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Alexey LeonovMay 30, 1934 – October 11, 2019
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• Sally RideMay 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012
• John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016