Template:Did you know nominations/Gordon Cooper
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:31, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
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Gordon Cooper[edit]
Cooper in his spacesuit
- ... that after astronaut Gordon Cooper (pictured) died, his ashes were launched into space three times? Source: "The cremated remains of one of NASA's original astronauts are now orbiting the Earth, having lifted off Tuesday (May 22)... Cooper's remains first flew on a sub-orbital flight launched in April 2007... Some of Cooper's ashes flew again on August 2, 2008 on SpaceX's third Falcon 1 rocket to launch, but the payload failed to enter orbit after the rocket's stages collided... " ([1])
Improved to Good Article status by Hawkeye7 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:10, 5 February 2019 (UTC).
Newly promoted GA that's plenty long and high quality. Hook is short, interesting, and sourced. QPQ is done. Image is PD-NASA and suitable for DYK size. Great work on the article, Hawkeye! Pi.1415926535 (talk) 07:46, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
