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... /18/63)'' Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara sent telegram of con­gratulations to Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper ''(USAF)'' "Your Air Force leaders, Secretary Zuckert and General LeMay, and the entire Defense Department ... your historic exploit." ''(DOD Release 71M3)'' Former President Eisenhower in Rochester, N.Y., hailed Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper 's 22-orbit space flight as "a great step forward in the United States' space ...

... GEMINI V Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad , Jr, left with their wives on a six-nation goodwill tour arranged ... , these explorations still must go on." ''(Pres. Doc, 9/20/65, 276)'' GEMINI V Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad , Jr., arrived in Athens with their wives and children at the start ...

170 usable terrain photographs from GEMINI V mission flown by Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, Jr ., Aug. 21-29,1965, included pictures of South Africa which would ... equipment on the ground and in the GEMINI V spacecraft had definitely demonstrated that Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, Jr ., had seen what they claimed they had seen below on earth ...

... Spacecraft had caused loss of automatic control system during MA-9 space flight, forcing Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper to re-enter from orbit with manual control. Premature lighting of .05 g panel light ... . Such satellite could provide complete earth coverage every three days. ''(NASA Release 63-115)'' Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper received USAF pilot-astronaut wings from General Curtis E. LeMay , USAF c/s, in ceremony ...

... , and ground stations, fearing the automatic reentry system might have been short circuited, directed Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper to fly the spacecraft manually in reentry-the first astronaut to do so; June 4 ... computers, controlled GEMINI IV reentry on instructions from the ground; Aug. 21-29, 1965, Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad, Jr ., flew GEMINI V through 120 revolutions after it seemed a fuel ...

... Special Assistant to NASA Administrator James E. Webb . ''(NASA Release 65-276)'' FAA announced that Gordon Bain, Deputy Administrator for Supersonic Transport Development, had resigned for personal reasons effective Sept. 15 ... , 8/21/65, 48)'' August 21-29: NASA's GEMINI V spacecraft, piloted by Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper (L/Col., USAF) and Charles Conrad , Jr.. (LCdr., USN), was successfully launched with two-stage ...

On 36th anniversary of Lindbergh's historic transatlantic flight, Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper was presented NASA Distin­guished Service Medal by President Kennedy in White House ceremony. Also ... /64, 2 ; CR, 5/28/63, A3420-21)'' At the State Department luncheon honoring Astronaut Gordon Cooper, Vice President Johnson remarked "In 1942, President Roosevelt called together our wartime lead­ers for ...

... solar system. ''(NASA Release 63-13)'' Unnamed U.S. official was quoted as saying Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Gordon Cooper ’s one-day Project Mercury flight MA-9 was set for April 2, “for planning ...

NASA Manned Spacecraft Center announced assignment of areas of specialization for NASA astronauts. Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper L. Gordon Cooper , flight MA-9 pilot, and Cdr. Alan B. Shepard , Jr., flight MA-9 back-up ...

Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper flew simulated launch count­down and aspects of MA-9 Project Mercury space flight at ... X-15 accident Nov. 9, 1962; Capt. Paul J. Balfe (USAF), helicopter pilot; John A. Gordon, NASA rocket technician; Airman 3/C Larry J. Hough: USAF physiological training specialist; Curtis C ...

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