The Right Stuff

"But on the glorious day in May 1963, Gordo Cooper went higher, father, and faster than any other American. Twenty two complete orbits around the Earth. He was the last American to go into space alone and for that brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen." - The Right Stuff.

 

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/2-060-minutes-gordo-cooper-and-the-last-american-solo-flight-in-space/275988/