L. Gordon Cooper
Born March 6, 1927, Shawnee, Oklahoma · Died October 4, 2004, Ventura, California · Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Carbondale, Colorado
Mercury Seven astronaut and the last American to fly solo in orbit.
I had a lot of faith in all my hardware and my spacecraft, and I had a lot of faith in the launch team, I had faith in myself, and I had faith in God.
Mercury Seven astronaut and the last American to fly solo in orbit.
Sources
- https://www.freemason.com/leroy-gordon-cooper-freemason-historical/
- https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/spacemason/index.html
- Portrait image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gordon_Cooper_2.jpg (Public domain)
Life & Masonic Timeline
March 6, 1927
Born — Shawnee, Oklahoma
1949
Age 22
Commissioned in the U.S. Air Force
April 9, 1959
Age 32
Named one of the Mercury Seven
May 15, 1963
Age 36
Flew Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7)
August 21, 1965
Age 38
Commanded Gemini 5, setting an endurance record
July 31, 1970
Age 43
Retired from NASA and the Air Force
October 4, 2004
Age 77
Died — Ventura, California
Unknown
Initiated an Entered Apprentice in Carbondale Lodge No. 82, Carbondale, Colorado
Unknown
Passed to the Degree of Fellowcraft
Unknown
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason
NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Source