M. Scott Carpenter collection 1962.

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M. Scott Carpenter collection 1962.

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This collection contains magazine articles and newspaper clippings pertaining to Scott Carpenter's earth orbital flight in Aurora 7 in May 1962, as well as memorabilia related to a subsequent award he received from the University of Colorado.

1 box (7 folders).

Boulder Public Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7453619

Boulder Public Library

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Fischer, Helen Waltemeyer, 1888-1978.

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Aurora 7.

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Project Mercury (U.S.)

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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights (some using animals), and six successful flights by astronauts. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury...

Carpenter, M. Scott, 1925-2013

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Scott Carpenter was born in Boulder, Colorado, on May 1, 1925, the son of research chemist Dr. M. Scott Carpenter and Florence Kelso Noxon Carpenter. He attended the University of Colorado from 1945 to 1949 and received a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering. Carpenter was commissioned in the U.S. Navy in 1949. He was given flight training at Pensacola, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas and designated a Naval Aviator in April, 1951. During the Korean War he served with patrol Squadron Six, fl...