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'Right Stuff' Astronaut Cooper Dies
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usahog Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Oct 5 2004, 6:32 AM EST
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http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/story.jsp?maxphotos=5&phototerm=Gordon+Cooper&idq=/ff/story/0001%2F20041005%2F0554090005.htm&sc=1110

Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies
Gordon Cooper was the last astronaut to take flight during NASA's pioneering Mercury program, but he achieved many key firsts as he piloted Faith 7 capsule in May of 1963.

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Charlie Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Oct 5 2004, 6:38 AM EST
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It only seems like yesterday when he was sent into space! How time flies.

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#3 Posted: Tue, Oct 5 2004, 7:26 AM EST
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When I was a boy Giants flew above the Earth. Rest in Peace Gordo.
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