Gordon Cooper

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:astronaut
gptkbp:aired_on gptkb:Gemini_5
gptkb:Faith_7
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkb:Project_Gemini
gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Silver_Star
gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:NASA_Exceptional_Service_Medal
gptkb:Air_Force_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Air_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
National Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee
U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Inductee
gptkbp:birth_date 1927-03-06
March 6, 1927
gptkbp:born_on March 6, 1927
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:5
three
gptkbp:death_date 2004-10-04
October 4, 2004
gptkbp:died_on October 4, 2004
gptkbp:documentary " The Last Man on the Moon"
" Apollo 11"
" In the Shadow of the Moon"
" The Right Stuff"
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkb:University_of_Hawaii
gptkbp:famous_for Being one of the original seven astronauts
being one of the original seven astronauts
being one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts
gptkbp:famous_quote " I think that the future of man is in space."
gptkbp:final_education gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles
gptkbp:first_flight May 15, 1963
August 21, 1965
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Leroy_Gordon_Cooper_Jr.
gptkb:Gordon_Earl_Cooper_Jr.
gptkbp:hometown gptkb:Cheyenne,_Wyoming
gptkb:Greenville,_Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gordon Cooper
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Space_exploration
Human spaceflight
Space exploration.
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Wernher_von_Braun
gptkb:David_Scott
gptkb:Buzz_Aldrin
gptkb:John_Glenn
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Charles_Duke
gptkb:Neil_Armstrong
gptkb:Frank_Borman
gptkb:Gene_Cernan
gptkb:Chuck_Yeager
gptkb:Jim_Lovell
gptkb:Fred_Haise
gptkbp:involvement gptkb:NASA's_Mercury_program
gptkb:NASA's_Space_Shuttle_program
gptkb:NASA's_Apollo_program
gptkb:NASA's_Gemini_program
gptkb:NASA's_Skylab_program
gptkbp:is_amercury_astronaut gptkb:true
gptkbp:is_married_to gptkb:Susie_Cooper
gptkbp:last_mercury_astronaut gptkb:true
gptkbp:member gptkb:Mercury_Seven
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:mission gptkb:Gemini_5
gptkb:Mercury-Atlas_9
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_achievement First astronaut to sleep in space
first person to sleep in space
completed the longest space flight at the time
last American to fly solo in space
Last American to fly solo in space
Longest space flight by an American at the time
Last of the original Mercury astronauts to fly in space.
First American to spend more than 24 hours in space.
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineers
gptkb:Pilot
gptkb:Businessman
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Greenville,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:rank gptkb:Colonel
gptkbp:retirement gptkb:Businessman
gptkb:Film_Director
gptkb:Motivational_speaker
gptkbp:space_flight_duration 190 hours
gptkbp:spaceflights 2
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Trudy_Cooper
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mercury_Seven
gptkb:Mercury_Program
gptkb:Project_Mercury
gptkb:the_Mercury_Seven
gptkb:Mercury
gptkb:first_astronauts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4