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suzy_q2010 · 10-10-2013, 09:24 PM

Scott Carpenter, Mercury astronaut, dies at 88 - CBS News

Malcolm Scott Carpenter, one of the original seven Mercury astronauts who was forced to take manual control of his Aurora 7 capsule after running low on fuel in one of the scarier moments of the early space program, died early Thursday. He was 88.

Godspeed, Scott Carpenter.

DauntlessDan · 10-11-2013, 01:25 PM

One of the last remaining of the Original Seven astronauts of the Mercury program. I think John Glenn is the only surviving one now isn't he? Yep, reminds me of the movie and the book "The Right Stuff". I grew up with the space program as a kid, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab.....I was in my 20s when the shuttle probram started. Godspeed Malcolm Scott Carpenter.