Leroy Gordon "Gordo" 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. More about Gordon Cooper
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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 managed to successfully complete the mission under manual control, guiding his spacecraft, which he named Faith 7, to a splashdown just 4 miles (6.4 km) ahead of the recovery ship. Cooper became the first astronaut 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 3,312,993 miles (5,331,745 km) 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.In total, we tracked 307 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Gordon Cooper (Gordon Cooper John Glenn Carpenter Schirra Signed Autographed Photo Astronauts) was sold in November 2022 for $599.00 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 (12) was March 2016 with an average selling price of $64.63 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 $69.95.
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2023 Historic Autograph Flight Film Clip Card Gordon Cooper : Mercury Atlas /125 | $9.99 | ||
2023 Historic autograph Flight film clip Gordon Cooper: Mercury Atlas 9 /125 | $5.99 | ||
Astronaut Archives offers Gordon Cooper signed w/inscription Faith 7 NASA glossy | $189.99 | ||
Astronaut Gordon Cooper Signed Autograph Gemini Rendezvous Cover JSA - FREE S&H! | $149.95 | ||
Gordon Cooper hand signed Apollo 10 cover as backup on 8x10 document - 1292 | $53.00 | ||
Gordon Cooper NASA Mercury Gemini 5 Signed Book Leap of Faith Hard Cover 1st Ed. | $89.88 | ||
Gordon Cooper signed 8x10 lithograph NASA Mercury Gemini Astronaut | $99.95 | ||
Gordon Cooper Signed Cut Autograph Leaf Pop Century 2023 1/1? | $87.89 | ||
Gordon Cooper Signed Leap Of Earth An Astronaut’s Journey Into The Unknown, JSA | $109.95 | ||
Leap of Faith: An Astronaut's Journey into the Unknown by Gordon Cooper, Signed | $75.00 |
Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman nominees (12/08/14): Oregon quarterback considered front-runner
Heisman finalists: Mariota, Gordon, Cooper (12/08/14): Heisman finalists: Oregon's Marcus Mariota, Alabama's Amari Cooper, Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon.
Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman finalists (12/08/14): Mariota, Gordon, Cooper are Heisman finalists
Gordon Cooper: Record-Setting Astronaut in Mercury & Gemini Programs (01/31/14): Gordon Cooper had the longest flight among the original Mercury astronauts.
Oklahoma Senate Approves 'Gordon Cooper Day' Resolution (05/15/13): 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.
Okla. Senate OKs 'Gordon Cooper Day' resolution (05/2013): A Shawnee native who was one of the nation's first astronauts - Gordon Cooper - is being honored by the Oklahoma Senate.
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.