Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter Leaving Hangar S Prior to Aurora 7 Launch
Summary
Original Caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Project Mercury Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter suited up and ready for MA-7 flight. Carpenter is outfitted in spacesuit and is carrying portable air conditioner as he leaves Hangar S. He rode transfer can from Hangar S to Pad 14 where he boarded his Aurora 7 spacecraft atop the Atlas booster. He was successfully launched into space at 7:45 a.m. Thursday and became the second U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth.
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Date
24/05/1962
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The U.S. National Archives
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