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

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