On June 12, the Pentagon released a third set of declassified files on what NASA calls Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), commonly referred to as unidentified flying objects (UFOs). One of the ...
On May 15, 1963, NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper launched on the sixth and final crewed flight of the Mercury Program. This was also the last time a NASA astronaut launched on a solo mission to space.
Gordon Franklin Cooper, 92, passed away on February 17 surrounded by his family. He was married for 39 years to Barbara “Bobbi” Cooper and was a lifelong Chicagoan until his retirement to the ...