Last of Mercury Astronauts Remember 'Gordo' Cooper
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The last of the seven Project Mercury astronauts who pioneered U.S. space exploration in the 1960s remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the "right stuff" in an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for Gordon Cooper.
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By Keith McLeod  A RUNRIG CD which survived the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster is to go on display in an exhibition about the band.  Astronaut Laurel Clark, 41, played their album Stamping Ground in orbit days before all seven crew were killed when the shuttle broke up on re-entry.
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Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA (news - web sites) officials and fellow space pioneers as &quot;not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut.
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Gordon Cooper Jr., one of the original seven astronauts who became space pioneers and national celebrities, died Monday at his home in Ventura, Calif.
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Leroy Gordon Cooper, one of the nation&#39;s first astronauts who once set a space endurance record by traveling more than 3.3 million miles aboard Gemini 5 in 1965, died on Monday, NASA said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The shuttle Discovery astronauts bid an emotional farewell to their colleagues aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday and headed into their spaceship to prepare for the journey home.
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By BILL KACZOR    PENSACOLA, Fla.  -- A former dormitory converted to classrooms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station was dedicated Friday to two Columbia astronauts who were among the seven who died in the shuttle disaster Feb...
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The shuttle Discovery  astronauts bid an emotional farewell to their colleagues aboard  the International Space Station on Tuesday and headed into  their spaceship to prepare for the journey home.
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In a scene from the film &quot;The Right Stuff, sunlight streams through the window of astronaut Leroy Gordon &quot;Gordo&quot; Cooper&#39;s Faith 7 spacecraft as it reaches orbit.
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NASA observed a moment of silence across the country and in orbit Thursday in memory of the 17 astronauts killed in America's three spacecraft tragedies.
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Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA officials and fellow space pioneers as "not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut."    Cooper, who on the final flight of the Mercury program became the first American to spend more than 24 hours in space, died of natural causes Oct. 4 at his home in Ventura, Calif...
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LOS ANGELES Oct. 4, 2004 - Gordon Cooper, who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original seven Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died.
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Atlantis' seven astronauts reunited with their families in Texas on Saturday, a day after the space shuttle capped a two-week mission with a perfect landing in the Mohave Desert. Sunita "Suni" Williams was especially happy to return to Earth after spending more than six months at the international space station.
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By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The international space station's three residents bade farewell to one set of houseguests Sunday and prepared for the arrival of more visitors.
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As a retired pilot himself, Roy W. Roush knows a good aviator holds the elevation steady while gliding through the clouds. In the 15 years he was friends with space pioneer Leroy Gordon Cooper, Roush flew
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Space station astronauts Gennady Padalka and American Mike Fincke are scheduled to make the final spacewalks of their mission today.
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In a routine familiar to travelers on Earth, shuttle astronauts were spending Tuesday packing their things, indulging in their surroundings for one last day and making sure their vehicle is ready for the ride home.