Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)

Scott Carpenter

American astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013)

Malcolm Scott Carpenter 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 to orbit the Earth and…