The Mercury program was over. Four years later, astronaut Gus Grissom was killed, along...
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The Mercury program was over. Four years later, astronaut Gus Grissom was killed, along with astronauts White and Chaffee, when fire swept through their Apollo capsule. But on that glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher, farther, and faster than any other American - 22 complete orbits around the world; he was the last American ever to go into space alone. And for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen.
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The Mercury program was over.
Four years later...
...Gus Grissom was killed along with
astronauts White and Chaffee...
...when fire swept through
their Apollo capsule.
But on that glorious day
in May, 1963...
...Gordo Cooper went higher,
farther, and faster...
...than any other American. Twenty-two
complete orbits around the world.
He was the last American
ever to go into space alone.
And for a brief moment...
...Gordo Cooper became the greatest
pilot anyone had ever seen.
Clip duration: 94 seconds
Views: 365
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: adventure, biography, drama
Summary: The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe
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