Gordon Cooper Autographs
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (March 6, 1927 – October 4, 2004) 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. Cooper learned to fly as a child, and after service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, he was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1949. After service as a fighter pilot, he qualified as a test pilot in 1956, and was selected as an astronaut in 1959.
In 1963 Cooper piloted the longest and last Mercury spaceflight, Mercury-Atlas 9. During that 34-hour mission he became the first American to spend an entire day in space, the first to sleep in space, and the last American launched on an entirely solo orbital mission. Despite a series of severe equipment failures, he successfully completed the mission under manual control, guiding his spacecraft, which he named Faith 7, to a splashdown just 6.4 kilometres (4 mi) ahead of the recovery ship. Cooper became the first person to make a second orbital flight when he flew as command pilot of Gemini 5 in 1965. Along with pilot Pete Conrad, he set a new space endurance record by traveling 5,331,745 kilometres (3,312,993 mi) in 190 hours and 56 minutes—just short of eight days—showing that astronauts could survive in space for the length of time necessary to go from the Earth to the Moon and back.
Cooper liked to race cars and boats, and entered the $28,000 Salton City 500 miles (800 km) boat race, and the Southwest Championship Drag Boat races in 1965, and the 1967 Orange Bowl Regatta with fire fighter Red Adair. In 1968, he entered the 24 Hours of Daytona, but NASA management ordered him to withdraw due to the dangers involved. After serving as backup commander of the Apollo 10 mission, he was superseded by Alan Shepard. He retired from NASA and the Air Force with the rank of colonel in 1970.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Gordon Cooper (GORDON COOPER JR. - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH) was sold in August 2025 for $814.85 while the cheapest item (Astronaut GORDON COOPER Signed 8.5 X 11 Paper Printout ORIGINAL MERCURY 7) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2022. The month with the most items sold (28) was April 2025 with an average selling price of $138.00 for an autographed item of Gordon Cooper. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2022 with $599.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.01 was October 2022. In average, an autographed item from Gordon Cooper is worth $94.00.
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Latest News about Gordon Cooper
Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman nominees (12/08/2014): Oregon quarterback considered front-runner Heisman finalists: Mariota, Gordon, Cooper (12/08/2014): Heisman finalists: Oregon's Marcus Mariota, Alabama's Amari Cooper, Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon. 
Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman finalists (12/08/2014): Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman finalists Gordon Cooper: Record-Setting Astronaut in Mercury & Gemini Programs (01/31/2014): Gordon Cooper had the longest flight among the original Mercury astronauts. Oklahoma Senate Approves 'Gordon Cooper Day' Resolution (05/15/2013): The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution declaring May 15, 2013, as "Gordon Cooper Day" in Oklahoma in recognition of the 50th anniversary of Cooper's space flight aboard Project Mercury.
Older News Stories about Gordon Cooper
Three organizations vie for Gordon Cooper Library space (04/2013): CARBONDALE, Colorado — Proponents of a museum dedicated to the artworks of sculptor James Surls promised to raise and spend $1 million to renovate and expand the old Gordon Cooper Library building and turn it into a facility that will put the town on the map in terms of the world of art. Murphy and Buchanan split from Gordon Cooper Library (02/2013): CARBONDALE, Colorado — Marilyn Murphy, the long-term manager of the Gordon Cooper Library here, reportedly resigned her position on Feb. 7 and was followed out the door by Brenda Buchanan, a library assistant.
