Orbit-By-Orbit Flight Program For Cooper 22 Orbit Mission
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr starts a 34 hour flight aboard Faith 7 with an orbit by orbit plan. First orbit injects into Ber muda, details include one hour 35 minute orbits, first pictures to Grand Canary, and tests of systems and physiology. Second orbit adds TV feeds to Cape Canaveral and Grand Canary with drifting and in-flight exercises, while Cooper’s family follows progress from Houston. The sequence covers lighting beacons, radiation measurements, temperature control, sleep schedule, and navigation tests to inform future Gemini missions.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
America
Cooper
Atlas
Bermuda
Grand Canary Island
United States
Japan
Trudy
Houston
Tex
Australia
South Atlantic
South America
U.S
Sauih
Coober Jarma
Roaches
Cal Seth Mae
Hofer
Pioneer Astronaut Gordon Cooper’s Flight Life and Family Ties
Gordon Cooper, early aviation prodigy and spaceflight pioneer, grew up in Houston near the manned spacecraft center. A son of Air Force Colonel, he earned a degree in aeronautical engineering and logged over 2,600 flight hours. He and his wife Trudy lived in Carbondale and later explored Hawaii, raising two children as Cooper advanced in the Air Force and space program.
Cooper At A Glance
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. is a 36 year old Air Force major born in Shawnee Oklahoma. He studied at the University of Hawaii and earned a bachelor in aeronautical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Ohio. He has a wife Trudy and daughters Camara and Janita resides in Houston Texas and follows the Methodist faith. He served in West Germany and Edwards Air Force Base as a test pilot and was named as an astronaut in waiting with 2700 flight hours including 1700 in jets. Warren C Giles is entering his 12th season as National League president.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Buck Rogers
Cooper
Air Force
Wiley Post
Amelia Earhart
Gordon
Camala
Janita
Houston
Tex
Manned Spacecraft Center
University of Hawaii
86Th Fighter Bomber Group
Munich
Germany
Air Forces Institute of Technology
Wright- Paterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Air Force Experimental Flight Test School
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Carbondale
Colo
Shawnee
Okla
Pacific
Marine Corps
Naval ‘Academy Preparatory School
Shawnee, Okio
Hawaii
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Trudy
Camara
Uvear
West Germany
Air Force Institute
Skyline Homemakers Meet and Planned Local Events
Skyline Homemakers met May 8 at Walking Horse Acres the home of hostess Mrs Roy Culler with 24 members and Visitor Mrs H L Fahrney. They will tour Frederick Memorial Hospital May 23 and enter a Calvary Methodist flower show June 6. Plans include June garden tours and a picnic August 14 at Washington Monument Park. Charles R Hodges chairs local furniture refinishing workshops. April speaker Mrs Lester L Holmes spoke of Italy Greece and Turkey. this month her husband Colonel Holmes showed slides. A May 10 meeting hosted by Braddock with Rosedale and Skyline visitors included Mrs J Vernon Coblentz. Skyline 4 H members demonstrated with Doris Haines jewelry, Beth Trott pound cake tasting, and songs by a girls chorus. September meeting at Mrs Carl A Carson’s home. Monocacy Village Club hats lecture by Mrs Hammon H Hobbs noted fabrics and styles. Anyone can wear any style.
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Skyline Club
Skyline Homemakers
Walking Horse Ac
Roy Culler
Michael Shepel
H. L. Fahrney
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Calvary Methodist Church
Washington Monument Park
Charles R. Hodges
Skyline
Lester L. Holmes
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Colonel Holmes
Rosemont Field House
Frederick
Braddock Homemakers
Rosedale
J. Vernon Coblentz
Skyline 4
Linda George
Beth Trott
Jamie Cohen
Barba
Monocacy Village Club
Monocacy Village Homemakers Club
Hammon H. Hobbs
Catoctin
Avenue
Cooper Tenth Man To Go Into Space
AP report lists spaceflight pioneers up to Gordon Cooper Jr as the tenth man to reach space since 1961. It names Yuri Gagarin Alan Shepard Virgil Grissom Gherman Titov John Glenn Carpenter Andrian Nikolayev Pavel Popovich Wally Schirra and others with dates and orbit counts. The piece also notes a hat making claim and local club activities at Monocacy Village Club events at Mt. Carmel Church and furniture refinishing class.
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Cape Canaveral
Filla
Astroneut
Gordon Cooper Jr
Yuri Gagarin
US. Navy
Alan B. ‘Shepard Jr
U.S. Air Force
Virgil J. Grissom
Gherman Tilov
U.S. Marine
John H. Glenn Jr
U.S. Navy
Cmdr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Andrian Nikolayev
Col
Pavel Popovich
Walter M. iSchirra Jr
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Spacecnal
Andy Bose
Muchea
Seth
Indian Ocean
Sgth
Cuba
Gemini
Zush
Atlantic
Qist
Horizon
Earth
Africa
India Ocean
Shanghai
China
Faith T
Midway Island
Trady Olson
Seattle
Wash
Anent
Hawaiian Islands
Sheene Reem
Coopers
Warren C. Giles
National League
Homewood
Ara Yinger
Dale Willard
Paula Yowson
Ann Croghan
Jane Croghan
Carl
A. Carson
Trudy Cooper
L. Gordon Cooper
Cou
Ple
Jan
Cam
Austin
NASA
L. Gaver
Carl Weakley
East Frederick
Mt. Carmel
U. S. 40
Nick G. Vaciliou
Ft. Detrick
Hobbs
Sears
Himl
Varie Db
Bo Seve Gees
Sacdela
Atlantic City
Wome
Ulan
Fort Detrick
Patrick Street
Maryland
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