NASA Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during an unveiling ceremony of two Postal Service stamps that commemorate and celebrate 50 years of US Spaceflight May 4, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center, FL. Carpenter one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth died October 10, 2013 at age 88.

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NASA Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during an unveiling ceremony of two Postal Service stamps that commemorate and celebrate 50 years of US Spaceflight May 4, 2011 at the Kennedy Space Center, FL. Carpenter one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the second American to orbit the Earth died October 10, 2013 at age 88.

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Size: 4400px × 3191px
Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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