Gordon Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered human space exploration, died Monday at his home in Ventura, NASA officials said in a statement. He was 77. “As one of the original ...

This week’s Cooper’s Treasure saw Darrell Miklos continue his hunt for an underwater fortune using maps drawn by astronaut Gordon Cooper. He says what we’re all thinking as the episode starts out, ...

Gordon Cooper, by all accounts, was made of the “right stuff.” The astronaut, who would later be portrayed by Dennis Quaid, played a critical role in the early days of space exploration — then kept on ...

Pioneering astronaut Gordon Cooper has died at his Ventura, California home. Cooper piloted the final flight of the Mercury Program, the United States' first manned spaceflight program with the ...

Astronaut Gordon Cooper was a born explorer. He broke countless NASA space flight records, like the longest single-man space flight, a 122-hour mission. But one of his greatest achievements may not ...

'Cooper's Treasure' will follow Gordon Cooper's friend as he searches for treasure uncovered by the late NASA astronaut decades ago. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital The show is one of the ...

His quest is being filmed as part of a series for the Discovery Channel. — -- He’s hunting for sunken treasure in the Caribbean, using a secret map created from outer space by one of NASA's first ...

The May 15, 1963 launch of the Mercury Atlas 9 Earth-orbital space mission carried astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. into orbit around Earth. The flight made 22 orbits of the planet in just over 34 ...

Discovery Channel has given the green light to a second season of docuseries Cooper’s Treasure, from Ample Entertainment and Amblin Television, set for premiere this summer. In Season 2, treasure ...

LOS ANGELES – Gordon Cooper (search), who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original seven Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the ...

Gordon Cooper Jr., one of the original seven astronauts who became national celebrities during the Cold War space race, died Monday at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77. Cooper, who piloted the ...