Leroy Gordon Cooper Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Leroy Gordon Cooper, based on 5 World History Database records associated with United States of America.

5 records1959–19635 events3 places

Chronological biography

1959

Project Mercury Astronaut Selection9 April 1959

Science / Astronomy · Washington, D.C.

NASA introduces Cooper as one of the original seven astronauts selected for Project Mercury flight training.

1963

Mercury 22 Orbits1963

Science / Astronomy

Cooper completes twenty-two Earth orbits during Faith 7, making the longest and final crewed flight of Project Mercury.

Faith 7 Mercury15 May 1963

Science / Astronomy · Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cooper launches aboard Faith 7 on the final crewed mission of Project Mercury.

Faith 7 Manual Reentry16 May 1963

Science / Astronomy

Cooper manually controls key reentry steps after electrical and automatic-control problems develop late in the Faith 7 mission.

Project Mercury Final Flight16 May 1963

Science / Astronomy · Pacific Ocean

Faith 7 splashes down successfully, closing the crewed flight phase of Project Mercury after more than thirty-four hours in space.

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.