Name: Cooper, Gordon Country: USA M/F: M Number of Flights: 2

Space Flights Launch Date - Rocket No. Landing Date - Rocket No.
1. Faith 7 May 15, 1963 - Atlas 130D May 16, 1963 - Atlas 130D
2. Gemini 5 August 21, 1965 - GLV-5 August 29, 1965 - GLV-5

Space Flights Descriptions
Sigma 7
(Mercury-Atlas 8)
Backup Pilot for Sigma 7
Mercury-Atlas 8 used Spacecraft-16 (Sigma 7)
Mercury-Atlas 9A
(Cancelled)
Proposed Prime Crew
Mercury-Atlas 9A originally would have used Spacecraft-19 in a 4th short flight before NASA decided to change to the longer one-day flight of Mercury-Atlas 9 with Spacecraft-20.
1. Faith 7
(Mercury-Atlas 9)
Manned one-day mission in orbit
Mercury-Atlas 9
used Spacecraft-20 (Faith 7)
Mercury-Atlas 10
(Cancelled)
Proposed Backup Crew
Mercury-Atlas 10 would have been used Spacecraft 15B (Freedom-7 II) in the second one-day flight. It was cancelled to allow NASA to concentrate on the Gemini program, which was behind schedule and over budget.
2. Gemini 5 Demonstrated 8-day capability of spacecraft and crew
Gemini 12
(Backup Crew)
Docked with Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 12
Apollo 10
(Backup Crew)
Dress rehearsal of manned lunar landing

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Updated - June 10, 2006