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Scott Carpenter

Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury 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, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn. Commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1949, Carpenter became a naval aviator, flying a Lockheed P-2 Neptune with Patrol Squadron 6 (VP-6) on reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare missions along the coasts of the Soviet Union and China during the Korean War and the Cold War. In 1954, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, and became a test pilot. In 1958, he was named Air Intelligence Officer of USS Hornet, which was then in dry dock at the Bremerton Navy Yard. The following year, Carpenter was selected as one of the Mercury Seven astronauts. He was backup to Glenn during the latter's Mercury Atlas 6 orbital mission. Carpenter flew the next mission, Mercury Atlas 7, in the spacecraft he named Aurora 7. Due to a series of malfunctions, the spacecraft landed 250 miles (400 km) downrange from its intended splashdown point, but both pilot and spacecraft were retrieved. In 1964, Carpenter obtained permission from NASA to take a leave of absence to join the U.S. Navy SEALAB project as an aquanaut. During training he suffered injuries that grounded him, making him unavailable for further spaceflights. In 1965, he spent 28 days living on the ocean floor off the coast of California as part of SEALAB II. He returned to NASA as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, then joined the Navy's Deep Submergence Systems Project in 1967 as Director of Aquanaut Operations for SEALAB III. He retired from NASA in 1967 and the Navy in 1969, with the rank of commander. Carpenter became a consultant to sport and diving manufacturers, and to the film industry on space flight and oceanography. He gave talks and appeared in television documentaries. He was involved in projects related to biological pest control and waste disposal, and for the production of energy from industrial and agricultural wastes. He appeared in television commercials and wrote a pair of technothrillers and an autobiography, For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, co-written with his daughter, Kristen Stoever.

Infobox

Born
Malcolm Scott Carpenter(1925-05-01)May 1, 1925Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Died
October 10, 2013(2013-10-10) (aged 88)Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder (BS)
Spouse
mw- Rene Mason (m. 1948; div. 1972)
Awards
Legion of MeritDistinguished Flying CrossNASA Distinguished Service Medal
Rank
Commander, USN
Time in space
4h 56m
Selection
NASA Group 1 (1959)
Missions
Mercury-Atlas 7
Retirement
August 10, 1967

Tables

· Awards and honors › U.S. Government awards
Legion of Merit
Legion of Merit
Navy Astronaut Wings
Legion of Merit
Navy Astronaut Wings
Distinguished Flying Cross
Navy Astronaut Wings
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Astronaut Wings
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy Astronaut Wings
American Campaign Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings
World War II Victory Medal
China Service Medal
China Service Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings
China Service Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Navy Astronaut Wings
Korean Service Medal with two battle stars
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Astronaut Wings
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Navy Astronaut Wings
United Nations Korea Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings
Korean War Service Medal
Navy Astronaut Wings
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
China Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Korean Service Medal with two battle stars
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
United Nations Korea Medal
Korean War Service Medal

References

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBslf6SV2RU&t=1m9s
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20180331140313/http://www.scottcarpenter.com/about_scott.htm
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  16. "About Us"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100515135404/http://delts.org/about/famousdelts.html
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  103. "Malcolm Scott Carpenter"
    https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-c/Carpenter-Malcolm/Carpenter-Malcolm-Text.html
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    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26947987/chicago_tribune/
  105. Dayton Daily News
    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43589012/dayton_daily_news/
  106. "Scott Carpenter Park"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200811044428/https://bouldercolorado.gov/parks-rec/scott-carpenter-park
  107. "History of Scott Carpenter Park and Pool"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090328232810/http://www.bouldercolorado.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6261&Itemid=899
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    https://www.dailycamera.com/2012/05/18/scott-carpenter-leaves-mark-on-boulder-50-years-after-blasting-into-space/
  110. "Scott Carpenter Middle School Students Honor Late Astronaut"
    https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/scott-carpenter-middle-school-students-honor-late-astronaut/
  111. "M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School (340927003516)"
    https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409270&ID=340927003516
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    https://sandiegoairandspace.org/hall-of-fame/honoree/scott-carpenter
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    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29986892/albuquerque_journal/
  116. "Enshrinee Scott Carpenter"
    https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/m-scott-carpenter/
  117. Victoria Advocate
    https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33222502/victoria_advocate/
  118. The Patriot-News
    https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2013/10/scott_carpenter_delivered_the.html
  119. The Space Review
    https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4240/1
  120. Auld Lan Syne
    http://www.rhapsody.com/kenny-g/faith-a-holiday-album/auld-lan-syne-the-millennium-mix/lyrics.html
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    https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/the-right-stuff-disney-plus-review/2020/10/07/adcec516-080d-11eb-9be6-cf25fb429f1a_story.html
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