At the Mercury Tracking Station there, Gordon Cooper was the capsule communicator.

October 4 - Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (b. 1927)

In 1983 came "The Right Stuff" where he played the irrepressively ebullient astronaut, Gordon Cooper.

As pilot of Gemini 5 he, along with his commander Gordon Cooper, set a new space endurance record of eight days.

NASA announced the death, which came just five days after that of Gordon Cooper, one of the seven original Mercury astronauts.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper, never one to mince words, summed up the situation in conversation last year with one of the present authors.

Gordon Cooper used his training to make the most accurate landing of Project Mercury after a power failure affected navigational systems.

At the time of her selection, Tereshkova was exactly ten years younger than the youngest Mercury Seven astronaut, Gordon Cooper.

October 4 - Gordon Cooper, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and astronaut (b. 1927)

Gordon Cooper (March 6, 1927 - October 4, 2004, aged 77), Mercury-Atlas 9 astronaut.