NASA Astronaut Scott Carpenter prepares for a simulated flight at Hangar S White Room assisted by Guenter Wendt, spacecraft pad leader for McDonnell Aircraft, May 9, 1962 in Cape Canaveral, 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 Astronaut Scott Carpenter prepares for a simulated flight at Hangar S White Room assisted by Guenter Wendt, spacecraft pad leader for McDonnell Aircraft, May 9, 1962 in Cape Canaveral, 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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