Gordon Cooper, one of nation's original astronauts From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 5, 2004| Author: | Copyright 2004 Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

LOS ANGELES -- Gordon Cooper, who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died. He was 77.

Mr. Cooper died Monday at his home in Ventura, NASA officials said in a statement. He died of natural causes, said Mitch Breese, of the county medical examiner's office.

"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 O'Keefe. "He truly portrayed the right stuff, and he ...

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