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U. S. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter
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MADE IN U.S.A.
U. S. NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
M. SCOTT CARPENTER WAS BORN MAY 1, 1925
IN BOULDER, COLORADO
Carpenter was the pilot of the Mercury-
Atlas 7 orbital flight on May 24, 1962. Launched
from Cape Canaveral, Florida, he completed a
successful three orbit space flight mission, reach-
ing a maximum altitude (apogee) of 164 miles,
and attaining an orbital velocity of 17,532 miles
per hour.
Carpenter's Aurora 7 Mercury spacecraft
landed in an area in the Atlantic approximately
1,000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral. The
time of the flight from launch to impact was 4
hours, 53 minutes, and 47 seconds.
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