Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Explorers' Club, № DCCCLXII

The Space Race—The Mercury Seven, Part VII
Leroy Gordon Cooper Junior (6 March 1927-4 October 2004), Colonel, U.S. Air Force—He flew Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7, 1963) & Gemini V (1965), the first man to fly two orbital flights; he tried to race in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1968, but was stopped by N.A.S.A. management; he was backup CDR for Apollo 10 (1969), then was replaced by Alan Shepard for Apollo 13 (eventually Apollo 14).
Bonus! Song o' the Day: The Mercury Seven—Gordon Cooper
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, "Hot Rod Lincoln" from Lost in the Ozone (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
Requiescat in pace.

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