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Gordon Cooper Passes Away At Age 77
Gordon Cooper, one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts, passed away today, he was 77. “As one of the original seven Mercury astronauts, Gordon Cooper was one of the faces of America’s fledgling space program,” said NASA Administrator Sean…