Astronaut Scott Carpenter climbs into Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second American manned orbital flight on May 24,…
Inside Hangar S at the White Room Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Scott Carpenter examines the honeycomb protective material on…
Fellow Mercury astronaut John Glenn, right, congratulates Carpenter after his Aurora 7 flight on May 24, 1962. Carpenter had served…
Astronaut Scott Carpenter monitors the Booster Systems Console in the Mission Control Center during the launch of the Gemini 11…
Astronaut Scott Carpenter talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid after his Aurora…
Carpenter lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission on May 24, 1962. It was the second…
This 1961 photo shows Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) JPL Director, presenting a Mariner spacecraft model to President John F.…
