M. Scott Carpenter
I met M. Scott Carpenter during a science-fiction convention (!) but there were no photos available for his autograph. I had to order one - I think for $20! - and after a while, I finally received the photo.
I later met Carpenter again, during the release of his autobiography.
Carpenter was selected as one of the original seven Mercury Astronauts on April 9, 1959. He underwent intensive training with NASA, specializing in communication and navigation. He served as backup pilot for John Glenn during the preparation for Americas first manned orbital space flight in February 1962.
Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. He piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth, reaching a maximum altitude of 164 miles. The spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean about 1000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral after 4 hours and 54 minutes of flight time.
On leave of absence from NASA, Carpenter participated in the Navys Man-in the-Sea Project as an Aquanaut in the SEALAB II program off the coast of La Jolla, California, in the summer of 1965. During the 45-day experiment, Carpenter spent 30 days living and working on the ocean floor. He was team leader for two of the three ten-man teams of Navy and civilian divers who conducted deep-sea diving activities in a seafloor habitat at a depth of 205 feet.
He returned to duties with NASA as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Manned Spaceflight Center and was active in the design of the Apollo Lunar Landing Module and in underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) crew training.
M. Scott Carpenter
I met M. Scott Carpenter during a science-fiction convention (!) but there were no photos available for his autograph. I had to order one - I think for $20! - and after a while, I finally received the photo.
I later met Carpenter again, during the release of his autobiography.
Carpenter was selected as one of the original seven Mercury Astronauts on April 9, 1959. He underwent intensive training with NASA, specializing in communication and navigation. He served as backup pilot for John Glenn during the preparation for Americas first manned orbital space flight in February 1962.
Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962. He piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth, reaching a maximum altitude of 164 miles. The spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean about 1000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral after 4 hours and 54 minutes of flight time.
On leave of absence from NASA, Carpenter participated in the Navys Man-in the-Sea Project as an Aquanaut in the SEALAB II program off the coast of La Jolla, California, in the summer of 1965. During the 45-day experiment, Carpenter spent 30 days living and working on the ocean floor. He was team leader for two of the three ten-man teams of Navy and civilian divers who conducted deep-sea diving activities in a seafloor habitat at a depth of 205 feet.
He returned to duties with NASA as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Manned Spaceflight Center and was active in the design of the Apollo Lunar Landing Module and in underwater extravehicular activity (EVA) crew training.