Soviet Union, Mr. Cooper and fellow members of the Mercury program were all I flew the saucer for about ten minutes, and the experience really opened my eyes to what a vehicle of this configuration would do, specifically, the tremendous lift that could be developed from the saucer shape. The Sussexes kept their Windsor property, which was a gift from the queen, despite their move to California, but it is now reportedly intended for Prince Andrew. Mr. Cooper, the first man to make two orbital flights, accumulated a total of Suzan Cooper fired the rocket carrying small amounts of her husbands' ashes at 8:56 a.m. local time, Saturday, April 28, 2007. national heroes -- celebrities and larger-than-life figures who carried the personal triumph. One small motor was turned on and vibrated on the test stand; that is all. The dramatic aerial maneuvers that Cooper describes having personally witnessed, she writes, never happened, and never could have happened. [CDATA[/* >