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U. S. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter

U. S. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter Space & Rockets
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Stock #:123048
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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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, reaching 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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