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Also known as Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Malcolm Carpenter

American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

Person · Open Library

Works
22

Top works

  • Thief of Souls
  • Legacy
  • Nephilim among Us
  • Death Do Us Part
  • Relic

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Film & TV

Acting · Boulder, Colorado, USA

Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) 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 (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and…

Known for

  • Space Men — Self (archive footage)2016
  • The Real Men with 'The Right Stuff' — Self2003
  • John Glenn: American Hero — Himself1998
  • American Experience — Self (archive footage)1988
  • Out of This World — Special Guest Star1987
  • The Merv Griffin Show — Self1962

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Los Angeles
Active from
1948-01-16
americancomposerdark ambientelectronicscoresoundtrack

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Listeners
12
Total plays
21

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Quotes

  • I volunteered for a number of reasons. One of these, quite frankly, was that I thought this was a chance for immortality. Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.

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Key facts

Born
Malcolm Scott Carpenter , ( 1925-05-01 ) May 1, 1925, Boulder, Colorado , U.S.
Died
October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10) (aged 88), Denver, Colorado , U.S.
Education
University of Colorado, Boulder ( BS )
Spouse
Rene Mason ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​
Awards
Legion of Merit , Distinguished Flying Cross , NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Rank
Commander , USN
Time in space
4h 56m
Selection
NASA Group 1 (1959)
Missions
Mercury-Atlas 7
Retirement
August 10, 1967

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Wikidata facts

Official website
www.scottcarpenter.com
Image
M. Scott Carpenter.jpg
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Scott Carpenter
date of birth
1925-05-01
date of death
2013-10-10
time in space
296
member of the crew of
Mercury-Atlas 7
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Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) 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 (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.

Commissioned into the U.S. Navy in 1949, Carpenter became a naval aviator, flying a Lockheed P-2 Neptune with Patrol Squadron 6 (VP-6) on reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare missions along the coasts of the Soviet Union and China during the Korean War and the Cold War. In 1954, he attended the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, and became a test pilot. In 1958, he was named Air Intelligence Officer of USS Hornet, which was then in dry dock at the Bremerton Navy Yard.

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