As Actor
John Glenn: American Hero
1998
6.0
Scott Carpenter
Acting
Born
May 1, 1925
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Deceased
October 10, 2013
Biography
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.
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