KSC DIRECTOR JIM KENNEDY ADDRESSES PASSING OF ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER



Mike Rein                                                              
                                          October 5, 2004
Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(Phone: 321/867-2468)

KSC Release: 73-04

KSC Director Jim Kennedy Addresses Passing of Astronaut Gordon Cooper 

The following is a statement released by Jim Kennedy, Kennedy Space 
Center director, on the news of the passing of legendary Mercury 
Seven astronaut Gordon Cooper:



"Gordon Cooper's legacy is permanently woven into the fabric of the 
Kennedy Space Center as a Mercury Seven astronaut. His achievements 
helped build the foundation of success for human space flight that 
NASA and KSC have benefited from for the past four decades. While the 
KSC family mourns the loss of this space pioneer, we honor his 
contributions and rest easy knowing his imprint on KSC will last 
forever. I consider it a privilege to have known Gordon Cooper. On 
behalf of the KSC family, I extend condolences to the Cooper family 
and our prayers are with them in their trying days ahead." 

	
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