The documentary series "Cooper's Treasure," which premieres on April 18, 2017 on Discovery Channel, looks into a secret treasure map made by astronaut Gordon Cooper.

Gordon Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who pioneered human space exploration, died Monday at his home in Ventura, NASA officials said in a statement. He was 77.

Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr., one of the most colorful of the Mercury 7 astronauts, whose exploits and foibles were made famous in the book and movie "The Right Stuff," died Monday at his home ...

Born Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. in 1927, the Oklahoma-born astronaut is credited as the first American to sleep in space, be televised from space, and the first to fly twice.

On May 15, 1963 NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper launched into space on the Faith 7 mission in his Mercury space capsule. See photos from Cooper's historic flight here.

Astronaut Gordon Cooper is shown in his space suit, in this July 1965, file photo. Cooper, one of the original Mercury astronauts who were pioneers in human space exploration, has died. He was 77.

Stay with us here: the Discovery Channel’s new docu-series follows a treasure hunter bent on finding a series of shipwrecks that NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper spotted from space.

astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr. (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) during a memorial service at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.

Cooper, an astronaut during the 1960s, took part in two space flights, during the Mercury and Gemini programs. Considered one of NASA’s original space pioneers, Cooper uncovered troves of data ...

Gordon Cooper Jr., one of the original seven astronauts who became national celebrities during the Cold War space race, died Monday at his home in Ventura, Calif. He was 77.