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Mercury-Atlas 7: Portrait of Scott Carpenter

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-mer07-10000

Date

2006-09-05

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, the MA-7 mission made the second manned orbital flight by the United States, and carried Astronaut Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 spacecraft to orbit the Earth three times. 1962.