Scott Carpenter

    Scott Carpenter

    May 1, 1925 (99 years old) in Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.

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    Out of This WorldOut of This World
    Space MenSpace Men
    John Glenn: American HeroJohn Glenn: American Hero
    The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff'

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