Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 42

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Universal Newsreel Volume 36, Release 42

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The original release sheet reads: RETURN OF A HERO The crew of the Kearsarge goes into action off Midway Island in the Pacific for the return of a hero, Major L. Gordon Cooper. Frogmen attach a flotation gear to the "Faith 7" and the major is hauled aboard, ending a 600,000, 22-orbit, 34-hour flight in space. Electrical difficulties during the 19th orbit forced Cooper to take over control of the capsule during re-entry. With the help of Colonel John Glenn, he landed ¿right in the pickle barrel¿, 7,000 yards from the Kearsarge. He had medical checks as the carrier steams to Honolulu where he is flown to Hickman Field where he lived as a college youth. There his wife and daughters greet him and he has the first of a series of parades. Then on to Cape Canaveral where more cheers and more parading precedes a news conference where he outlines his experiences during his long flight. The free world is proud of the great achievement of Major Leroy Gordon Cooper - a man who wrote history!

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Cooper, Gordon, 1927-2004

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Gordon Cooper (b. March 6, 1927-d. Oct. 4, 2004) was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was selected as a Mercury astronaut in April 1959, and on May 15-16, 1963, he piloted the "Faith 7" spacecraft on a 22-orbit mission which concluded the operational phase of Project Mercury. He later served as command pilot of the 8-day 120-revolution Gemini 5 mission which began on August 21, 1965. It was on this flight that he and pilot Charles Conrad established a new space endurance record by traveling a dista...

Glenn, John, 1921-2016

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John Herschel Glenn, Jr. (b. July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Guernsey County-d. December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio), astronaut and U.S. Senator from Ohio. He attended public schools of New Concord, Ohio, and later graduated from Muskingum College. Glenn served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1965, and was later a test pilot and joining the United States space program in 1959. He was selected as one of the original seven Mercury astronauts. In February 1962, Glenn became the first American...