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Scott Carpenter
American · USA · AGE 88
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the original 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, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.
DECEASEDGOVERNMENT
VITALS
DATE OF BIRTH1925-05-01
DATE OF DEATH2013-10-10
NATIONALITYAmerican
STATUSDeceased
AGENCYNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
FLIGHT RECORD
TOTAL FLIGHTS1
LANDINGS1
SPACEWALKS0
TIME IN SPACEPT4H55M44S
EVA TIMEP0D
FIRST FLIGHTMAY 24, 1962
LAST FLIGHTMAY 24, 1962
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