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Scott Carpenter
Malcolm Scott Carpenter 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 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 on reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare missions along the coasts of 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, in 1954 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.
NationalityUnited States
BornMalcolm Scott Carpenter, May 1, 1925, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 2013, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Other occupationNaval aviator, test pilot, aquanaut (SEALAB II)
Alma materUniversity of Colorado, B.S. 1962
RankCommander, USN
Time in space4 hours 56 minutes
Selection1959 NASA Group 1
MissionsMercury-Atlas 7
RetirementAugust 10, 1967

About Scott Carpenter

Astronaut Scott Carpenter was born in Boulder, Colorado, United States on May 1, 1925. He dies at the age of 88, on October 10, 2013.

He was a member of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, and was the second American to orbit the Earth.

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Scott Carpenter before becoming famous

Scott Carpenter was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1925 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He was a member of the United States Navy and fought in the Korean War.

Achievement of Scott Carpenter

He was one of the seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury from the start.

Scott Carpenter's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was married three times and divorced three times, with seven children.

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After Astronaut John Glenn, he is the second American to orbit the Earth.

Scott Carpenter Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Scott Carpenter updated on March 12 2023.