Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1962.
1Flight
4h 55mTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the original 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, following Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Boulder
- Education
- University of Colorado Boulder; University of Colorado; United States Naval Test Pilot School; United States Naval Academy; Boulder High School
- Awards
- National Aviation Hall of Fame; International Space Hall of Fame; NASA Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Legionnaire of Legion of Merit; and 1 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 7May 24, 1962
Born 1925-05-01 · died 2013-10-10, aged 88