European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday May 17, 196j Europe gets Midnight to Shaw thrilled world praises the Coop american 1xjndon a maj Gordon Cooper the newest and most nonchalant Man in Pace won hero s acc atm from Earth lungs. Million of Erub peans hulled i epic flight. Cooper valor his coot Calm approach to the adventure won their wonder and unimpressed space trav Eler one danish newspaper called him. Cooper rated a hero s in Britain and West Europe excitedly splashed the Story of his ride into since. He is a real Coo spaceman reported the Mirror and he proved it by having a Nap during the countdown while everyone one Catnap the Bosses Cape canaveral Fla. A Coll it nonchalance or just easy going but mme times within the privacy of he Iky Cabin it s hard to Tell whether astronaut Gordon Cooper it awake or asleep. Even in the last tense minutes waiting to blast off. Cooper May have doled off. Afan in some quiet Momen Tsas he approached the California coast on his second orbit Coope dropped off to sleep again. Finally after 13 hours and 40minutes in space Cooper reached the 10-hour period circumscribed a Don t Call me i la Call you time in which he could rest undisturbed by cells from the ground. By took my am rely lie Man to relax to the Point whom my Dereere Only or u appeared he we asleep. The Doc on say Cooper was by near sleep. It not actually Taring at a time during the last go minutes of his countdown. They watched on the instrument As his breathing rate fell to a sleeping pattern of about breaths a minute and became very regular and his heart activity showed a sleep pattern too. They got the same report fro the astronaut a body As he passed Over ascension Island about five minutes after his rest period be Gan. Be1no considerate fellow they did t ring my no and ask u he me most Bosses space officials Don t look Down on this kind of Catnap on he Job. Also unlike most Bosses they can Tel whether in astronaut is doling because the spec Pilot s Bod to wired with sensors that tattle on him take his Electrocardiogram breathing rate tempera Ture and to s blood pressure through the flight held at about110 Over go about the same As when he entered the spacecraft actually his doctors were Happy to Aea him napping earlier inthe night because it indicated he would have Little trouble sleep ing during the rest period. Asked if it was All right for Cooper to drop off that Way operations director Walt Wil Liams said Why not astronaut coordinator Donald. Slayton was asked whether Cooper likes to sleep on the boat when he and his fellow astronauts go ill do Slayton said pre Cise was ten a with was so casual All the Way that he could have been mistake far Gary Cooper reported the daily Herald correspondent from Cape canaveral the feats of Cooper and his colleagues russian or american will one Day be Ordinary human experiences said the Dally sex today they Are wonderful and the men who perform the uplift the human race by their europeans had stayed up late to watch a Midnight Tele vision relay from Cape canaveral showing to recordings of the Blastoff. On the Job did t mind text Long astronaut anonymity when we re not catching any while neither Slayton nor Wil Liams knew How often Cooper napped during the flight slay ton said when he reaches a place inthe flight plan where he has Noth ing to do he probably drops in to although Cooper s spacecraft was in Drifting night while he slept u was not a Case of Drifting and dreaming. Asked from the ground it he had any dream White asleep Cooper replied negative. Actually i slept Slayton also does t think i strange that a Man can sleep n Hundred or so Miles , talkative on Earth was turning out to be perhaps the most laconic of the Mercury astronauts in space. He made his replies in one syllable whenever one syllable served Williams said did he sound sleepy i Don think he s sleepy at All. As far As slowness of talk this boy was born in Oklahoma. He talks with a drawl. No question about he does t do a Tot of talk ing. 1 Don to doubt a Wai tired he d been awake 18 they cume through pretty clearly. Live pictures of the blast Oft bounced off the relay Satel Lite Oneller wednesday were a failure. Something went wrong with the switching gear some where along the line and All european viewers got was a Jumble of unrelated sound and was sweeping into his seventh orbit As most West euro peans finally turned in. He was curving for out on his Lith orbit when they awoke. Immediately they switched on radio to catch up on the news. The first question they asked Washow is he doing and then How Long was he going to stay up there. The Riis Slinns too could Hearthe news a they switched on their Early moral in news round . Moscow radio Gnyp brie summaries of Cooper s space Voy age reporting that he Wos expected to Complete 22 orbits in about 94 morning newspapers trumpeted the news across their front pages. Rome s ii sold in front Page editorial with Cooper s feat the unite states reached the technical level from which leads the Pashto lunar adventure. Ii Popolo said american recovery in the hitch in time astronaut Gordon Cooper seems to been Pel fencing it few manipulation difficulties booking up a Throat microphone inside he space Salt during preparation for the Lumen associated Frew photo Spiro me is evident but powr annl Kennedy is the first to in Slot not to Over Valuate it. To fantastic space Battle Between and the United slates Hude finitely entered us secon . Information agent office in Paris made a to keep frenchmen la formed of plans for Cooper flight. A specs Rel 12-Pnjte Brochon was distributed to 1500 Fren editors and professor the . Embassy said it a craved a Large number of cat inquiring about Cooper s Flag Home came from frenchmen u others from americans . Africa Staiolo took photo Cambridge mass. A aft ponnut Gordon Coopey Tat 7 spacecraft was photograph As it orbited Over Africa to smithsonian Astro physical pm Servator said. The spacecraft was spotted the huge banker Nunn Trec Lii camera from the Smithn attestation near Johannesburg of class s spacecraft was of served trailing by about 12 null the final Slago rocket Thi blasted it into orbit from Csc canaveral. Smithsonian observers said to rocket body was tumbling 1 space with n maximum minus-2 Ngn etude approx Motely every 30 seconds. This visibility is compare uhf j the planet Venus and Bright than a Bright Star. The spacecraft was est Matlat a magnitude of Plui-6 about twice As faint As the is test Star visible to the naked Ejon an unsuccessful attempt ill Mode to sight and photog Spuri from the smithsonian station empty rocket casing Fis Mably pulled ahead of the in sule because it offered grew resistance to the Small amount atmosphere at plus-100 Inu to at tude falling lower and Trow ing slightly faster. " another Mercury flight studied by officials Luton an cd Fri on Cape canaveral Fla. Map Gordon Cooper s flight May not be the last of the project Mer Cury Man in spare program. Originally this was to have wrapped up the Mercury project but because the two Man gemini program has been delayed until late 1964, officials Are seriously considering one More Mission in this proposals have been made for the flight. Including Athree Day trip and an attempt to rendezvous the Mercury vehicle with the spent Atlas Booster rocket alter both Are in separate orbits. Astronaut Alan b. Shepard first american into space and the backup Pilot for Cooper is the most Likely Choice if the decision it made for another Mercury test. James e. Webb Nasa chief speaking at the National flight forum symposium said in Hart Ford. Conn., that Cooper s orbit around the Earth was so perfect that it could have continued for 93 Globe girdling trips if record is had by soviet cosmonaut Andron Nikolayev who went 64 orbits in August 1963. Asst Navy Cooper gave Perth. Australia the first direct Wen i her forecast from space. He reported thunderstorm activity to the West Clear warn ing that rain was under Way Perth again has switched on Alt its lights and Cooper said he could Sec them clearly and the looked Good. He also mentioned a flare at Wonana Oil refinery30 Matfes South of Perth and said he could see it quite plainly. Voice Contact at much a truck ing station was Good and lasted 5 minutes 50 seconds. Coope gave readings on the condition of both himself and his Craft officers aboard Kearsarge recovery ship said it was a Good thing Cooper was e x be c t e thursday instead of wednesday. Wednesday was payday. Passageways were so line with sailors waiting Tor their Money that Cooper could t get below with a detachment of marines one officer 41.000-ton aircraft Carrier mane Vered near Midway i gentle seas beneath Cloud flecked skies while awaiting Cooper arrival at the end of 22 orbits. Aii Rascicot Sid wat f. Smith a. Us. 11 cc4 Wiliam w. Ooiman a. Litu o.,.ain010 Linin o.p.1, Kimii d. Hank t h1hit s. Ih1iin ". A Zimant choir � Luw aut Duvini Ludt. Cattal Dalvini a. Cable. A i Jwak Hill. Pm Ami tit 1c 733m, Ingmand Bwlch to Litls Mih ki.,m. I vlkl.f.,1 471. 472 i . Ici 41441. S354, ., 3.33,44a i say Wil he cd 413,j in 47w, 043.7ji sir int on i 1c my 4s7� Ojo. Amsl my p. I4�7i Lolio 1400. 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