RT @okhistory: #OTD in 1927, Gordon Cooper was born in Shawnee, OK. He was a U.S. Air Force pilot, an aeronautical engineer, & a record-setting @NASA astronaut. In 1959, Cooper was selected as one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts—the first manned space program of the United States. https://t.co/KNdLYZl05q

RT @okhistory: #OTD in 1927, Gordon Cooper was born in Shawnee, OK. He was a U.S. Air Force pilot, an aeronautical engineer, & a record-setting @NASA astronaut. In 1959, Cooper was selected as one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts—the first manned space program of the United States. https://t.co/KNdLYZl05q

RT @okhistory: #OTD in 1927, Gordon Cooper was born in Shawnee, OK. He was a U.S. Air Force pilot, an aeronautical engineer, & a record-setting @NASA astronaut. In 1959, Cooper was selected as one of the original 7 Mercury astronauts—the first manned space program of the United States. https://t.co/KNdLYZl05q

— Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell (@LtGovPinnell) Mar 6, 2022

March 06, 2022 at 08:41AM