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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: NASA - L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Astronautix - Gordon Cooper. | Jan 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Astronaut Scholarship Foundation - Biography of L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. | May 15, 2022 | ||
| Changed “manned” to “crewed.” | Apr 14, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Space.com - Gordon Cooper: Record-Setting Astronaut in Mercury & Gemini Programs. | Dec 20, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Gordon Cooper, Astronaut, Is Dead at 77. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Changed article title from L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., to Gordon Cooper. | Sep 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: NASA - Biography of Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. | May 14, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - Leroy G. Cooper Jr. | May 12, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 06, 2011 | ||
| Added image of L. Gordon Cooper. | Apr 14, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Susan Brownell Anthony. | Sep 28, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: NASA - L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. | Sep 28, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Nov 04, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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