Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> Mercury-Atlas 7: Portrait of Scott Carpenter

Mercury-Atlas 7: Portrait of Scott Carpenter

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-mer07-10000

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 19 cm

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.

Keywords for this photo:

1962 - ASTRONAUT - AURORA 7 - BLACK AND WHITE - CARPENTER SCOTT - HELMET - HUMAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MERCURY - MERCURY-ATLAS 7 - SPACE CENTER - SPACE SUIT -