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Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. was born on March 6, 1927, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, [1] the only child of Leroy Gordon Cooper Sr. and his wife, Hattie Lee née Herd. [2] His mother was a school teacher. His father enlisted in the United States Navy during World War I, and served on the presidential yacht USS Mayflower. After the war, Cooper Sr. completed ...
Gordon Cooper: Divorced 1970 Annie Castor (1943) John Glenn: Married until his death in 2016 Betty Moore (1945) Gus Grissom: Married until his death in the 1967 Apollo 1 accident Josephine Fraser (1946) Wally Schirra: Married until his death in 2007 Louise Brewer (1945) Alan Shepard: Married until his death in 1998. Marjorie Lunney (1955) Deke ...
The Astronaut Wives Club is a 2015 American period drama television series developed by Stephanie Savage for ABC.It is based on Lily Koppel's 2013 book of the same name. [2]
Cynthia Stevenson as Jane Conrad, wife of Pete Conrad; Sally Field as Trudy Cooper, wife of L. Gordon Cooper; Ruth Reid as Betty Grissom, wife of Gus Grissom; Elizabeth Perkins as Marilyn Lovell, wife of James Lovell [1] DeLane Matthews as Pat McDivitt, wife of James McDivitt; Krista Adair as Jo Schirra, wife of Wally Schirra
He married Lucille, with whom he had five sons: Scott, John, Virgil, Gordon and Alan. [10] Each was named after one of the Project Mercury astronauts: Scott Carpenter, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Gordon Cooper and Alan Shepard. [11] According to a non-canonical 1993 comic strip, Lucille and Jeff's father, Grant Tracy, were both killed in an ...
Gordon Ramsay is enjoying martial bliss!. On Saturday, Dec. 21, the Michelin-starred chef, 58, posted a sweet tribute to his wife Tana on Instagram to mark 28 years of being married. “Happy 28th ...
Gordon and Tana — who share, Megan, 26, twins Holly and Jack, 24, Tilly, 22, Oscar, 5, and Jesse, 9 months — got used to wearing sneakers and jeans during the COVID-19 pandemic, she explained.
The Powder Puff Derby was frequently mentioned in the television series The Astronaut Wives Club (2015). Trudy Olson Cooper (1927-1994), the wife of astronaut Gordon Cooper, was a pilot who is depicted as longing to fly in such a race.