Astronaut Scott Carpenter Recieves Call from President on U.S.S. Intrepid
Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here.
Above: Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid. Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the U.S.S. Intrepid after a 4 hour and 56 minute mission in space.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter Receives NASA Distinguised Service Medal
Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here.
Above: Carpenter, pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, receives the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from NASA Adminstrator James E. Webb during ceremonies at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Portrait of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter with Boy Scout Emblem
Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here.
Above: Portrait of Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter in civilian clothes holding picture of the Boy Scout Emblem.
Scott Carpenter in 2011 at Kennedy Space Center
Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here.
Carpenter, the second U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, as seen at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 2011.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter on USS Intrepid
Original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, 88, died on Oct. 10, 2013 following a stroke. Read the Full Story Here.
Above, Carpenter, former NASA astronaut, received a wooden replica of his Mercury spacecraft during a ceremony aboard the USS Intrepid on May 24, 2012.
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