Scott Carpenter
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Status
Deceased
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality
American
Born
May 1, 1925
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.
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