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Conrad, Nancy, 267

Constantine II, King of Greece, 134

control system, 20, 22

cooling system, 46, 53, 59

of space shuttle, 227, 229-32

Cooper, Camala (daughter), 15, 64, 103, 107, 141, 266

Cooper, Colleen (daughter), 202, 266

Cooper, Elizabeth (daughter), 202, 266

Cooper, Hattie Lee Herd (mother), 71, 93-97, 100, 102, 103, 107

Cooper, Janita (daughter), 16, 64, 103, 107, 141, 266

Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Sr. (father), 93-98, 101-4

cancer and death of, 106-8

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr.:

auto racing of, 178, 266

backup assignments of, 177-82

called to Washington, D.C., 7-8, 10-12

as CapCom, 119

centrifuge training of, 23-24, 42-43, 44

chosen for Project Mercury, 14-16

Congressional speeches of, 64-70, 134

dangerous flight situations of, 66, 105-6

at Disney, 211-15, 225, 266

early flying of, 94-97

education of, 22, 61,81, 82, 96, 97, 102-3

“8 Days or Bust” and, 113-15

enlistment of, 101-2

extraterrestrial spacecraft ride promised to, 254-55, 259

family background of, 69, 71, 93-97

famous flyers met by, 97-101

first flight of, 94

flight training of, 103-4

goodwill mission of, 133-45, 181

in “launch day in the life of an astronaut” TV segment, 5

on launch mornings, 4-6, 115-17, 119-20

marriages and marital problems of, 15-16, 17, 71, 103, 202

in NASA, 1-6, 15-39, 41-53, 55-72;

see also Faith 7;Gemini 5

NASA’s testing of, 11-14

near bumping of, 37-39

in Panama, 109-13

photography of, 48, 49-50, 129-31

in Presidential Honor Guard, 102

press conferences of, 16-18, 64-66

religious background of, 69-70

retirement of, 182-83, 202

space endurance record of, 126-27

sports interests of, 102, 106-7

as test pilot, 7-8, 11, 14, 22, 82

treasure hunting of, 185-90

Cooper, L. Gordon, Jr. (cont.)

U-2 and, 7, 14, 132

UFO sightings of, 80-81, 85, 194, 248

UN testimony of, 198-99

Cooper, Marcus F., 8

Cooper, Mrs. Phillip Henry (grandmother), 71

Cooper, Phillip Henry (grandfather), 71

Cooper, Suzan (second wife), 202, 254-55, 266

Cooper, Trudy (first wife), 15-16, 17, 64, 72, 103, 107, 141, 202

as pilot, 16, 103, 202

Cooper patch, 115

cosmonauts’ U.S. tour, 139-40

creative visualization, 236-37

Cronkite, Walter, 264-65

Dana, Bill, 21

Debus, Kurt, 153

defecation in space, 125

Defense Department, U.S., 84-85, 87

defibrillator units, 239

digital electronic flight controls, 223

Disney Imagineering, 211-15, 225, 266

Dobrynin, Anatoly, 163

Donlon, Charles, 15

Dornberger, Walter, 150

drogues, 62, 139

Earhart, Amelia, 97-98, 100

Edge of Reality, 76

Edison, Thomas, 233, 234, 240

Edwards Air Force Base, 7-8, 11, 14-15, 22, 38, 132, 223

Happy Bottom Riding Club at, 100, 101

UFO sightings at, 82-86, 90-91

“8 Days or Bust,” 113-15, 129

Einstein, Albert, 258

Eisele, Donn, 179-80

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 57, 152

electricity, 239

AC vs. DC, 233-34

electromagnetic propulsion system, self-generating, 257-58

energy technology, 214, 216, 233-35, 237-46

England, 141, 143, 185, 257

UFO sightings in, 88

in World War II, 151, 153-54

Enola Gay, 83

Enos (chimpanzee), 33

Epcot Center, 213

escape towers, 4, 25, 28, 31, 43, 116, 117, 118

Ethiopia, 140-42

Explorer I, 152

extra-sensory perception (ESP), 243

extra-vehicular activity (EVA; space walk):

Soviet, 134, 136-37

U.S., 119, 156-57, 177, 267

extreme-low-frequency (ELF) waves, 242-46

F-8 Crusaders, 21

F-84 Thunderjets, 80

F-86 Sabrejets, 80-81, 193-94

F-102 fighters, 7, 14, 24-25, 38

F-106 fighters, 7, 14, 31-32, 192

Faith 7, 37, 41-53, 126

clock of, 43, 53

communications system of, 42, 51-52, 53, 55, 57-63

cooling system of, 46, 53, 59

countdown and liftoff of, 41-43

Earth objects distinguished from, 46, 47-48, 66, 124

experiments performed on, 47, 49-50

false report of UFO sighting during, 75-76

manual reentry of, 56-64, 73

negative 34-angular-degree of, 45, 60

oxygen consumption on, 50, 53

panel light problems of, 51-52

parachutes of, 61-62

sleep period on, 48, 49-50, 65

total power failure on, 52-53, 55-56

Faraday, Michael, 221, 240

Faraday cages, 220-22, 245

Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), 95-96, 168

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 246

Feoktistov, Konstantin, 139

fire extinguishers, 164-65

“fireflies,” 46-47, 65

First Global Conference on the Future, 261

fishing, 97, 106-7

509th Bomb Group, 83

525th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 80-81

flashing light experiment, 47

flight simulators, 23, 26, 35, 43, 55-56

food, 50, 63-64, 110-11, 112

Ford, Gerald, 163

Frederica, Queen Mother of Greece, 134-35

Freedom 7, 30

Freeman, Theodore, 178

Friendship 7 33-34

Fry, Dan, 247-54, 259

fuel cells, 120-24, 144, 213

Fulton, Jim, 24