Streaking through space at 17,157 m.p.h.. Air Force Major Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. ate, slept, exchanged banter with ground-bound fellow astronauts, coolly conducted scientific experiments.

In 1963, Gordon Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight ... He orbited Earth 22 times and slept as he spun around the globe. He returned to earth, emerging from the capsule. His ...

In 1963, Gordon Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury ... He orbited Earth 22 times and slept as he spun around the globe. He returned to earth, emerging from the capsule.

Gordon Cooper, one of NASA's 7 original astronauts, piloted last and longest of the Mercury missions. Cooper logged 222 hours in space, according to NASA, becoming the first American to sleep in ...

Gordon Cooper completed his 22-or bit space mission ... napped during his second orbit, and slept for around 7 1/2 hours during the night. At Cape Canaveral, space agency officials were guarded ...

Gordon Cooper was one of the “Original 7” astronauts back in the 1960s. All were celebrities of their day, with Cooper the youngest and most rock star-esque of the bunch. He still holds the ...

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 ...

With hundreds of sites left to investigate, Gordon Cooper’s treasure map is filled with tantalizing possibilities. Treasure hunting is a time-honored trade in Miklos’s family; he actually ...

Gordon Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered human space exploration, died Monday at his home in Ventura, NASA officials said in a statement. He was 77. “As one of the ...