Scott Carpenter (1925-2013),American astronaut,in his space suit at the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral. Carpenter was a naval officer,test pilot,aeronautical engineer and astronaut,and piloted the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission launched on 24th May 1962. This was the second American mission to put a human in Earth orbit. It was a success,with Carpenter completing three Earth orbits in five hours in the Mercury capsule Aurora 7. However,a targeting mishap during re-entry took the spacecraft about 400 kilometres off course,delaying recovery of Carpenter and the craft | |
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