Posted: Oct 10, 2013 11:23 pm
(Malcolm) Scott Carpenter
(May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013)
American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut. One of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864
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(May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013)
American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut. One of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864
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