MERCURY-ATLAS 7 - Liftoff to Orbit (1962/05/24) - Full Audio - Scott Carpenter, Aurora 7

[@robertmcintire9776]

The fourth American astronaut, Malcolm Scott Carpenter, wore a silver colored space suit during the fourth American human space flight.

[@Musicman81Indy]

I just found an article today about Scott Carpenter's wife Rene. Sort of an over all history of her whole life. Within that article, I found this. "Four years later, she campaigned alongside Senator Robert F. Kennedy and his wife, Ethel, during his bid for president. She was soon writing a syndicated column, “A Woman, Still,” and NBC-TV hired her to help cover the Apollo launches". It's that last part that got my attention. "NBC TV hired her to help cover the Apollo launches". In all of your searching through network coverage of Apollo launches, have you ever come across any NBC coverage involving Rene Carpenter? I would love to see it.

[@robertmcintire9776]

In April, nineteen fifty nine, NASA selected Carpenter and six other candidates for its first group of astronauts.

[@Motoguzzi750]

Love it.

[@robertmcintire9776]

The fourth American astronaut, Malcolm Scott Carpenter was chosen by NASA to become one of the first American astronauts ever.

[@robertmcintire9776]

The second American astronaut to make an orbital space flight, Carpenter wore a silver colored space suit during the fourth United States manned space flight.

[@rocketman3863]

Nice!

[@robertmcintire9776]

The United States launched its second astronaut into Earth orbit. He was Malcolm Scott Carpenter.

[@maxwellwalcher1441]

do sigma 7 wally Schirra.

[@Zoomer30_]

The escape tower didn't waste any time.

[@u.k.trainandbusvids]

Meanwhile my dad was 1 day away from being born on this day in 1962

[@rocketdyneF1]

How did it reach orbit in 5 minutes when it takes other spacecraft 8 minutes to reach orbit?

[@alfredodominguez2799]

Payload/thrust ratio

[@Shortkidnextdoor]

TWR

[@christophermunoz205]

Man how can you belive this lol

[@Shortkidnextdoor]

because it happened

[@sEngineer-il8im]

Can you be incompetent somewhere else please?