1925
Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)
Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)
Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2013)
Scott Carpenter
American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)
- Born
- 1925
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.