Scott Carpenter(1925-2013)

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Scott Carpenter was born on 1 May 1925 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Never Say Never Again (1983), The Fall Guy (1981) and Out of This World (1987). He was married to Patricia Kay Barrette, Barbara Curtin, Maria Roach and Rene Louise Price. He died on 10 October 2013 in Denver, Colorado, USA.

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Official site
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Capt. M. Scott Carpetner
Height
- 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Born
- May 1, 1925
- Boulder, Colorado, USA
Died
- October 10, 2013
- Denver, Colorado, USA(stroke)
Spouses
Other works
Novel: "The Steel Albatross". New York: Pocket Books. ISBN-10: 0831776080; ISBN-13: 978083177608
Publicity listings

Trivia
Assigned to make the second manned orbital flight (May 24, 1962, Cape Canaveral, Florida). He enjoyed two orbits but on the third, he erred on re-entry into the atmosphere. His capsule Aurora 7 overshot the impact area and hit the Atlantic Ocean 138 miles northeast of Puerto Rico, 250 miles beyond where it was to have landed. Carpenter was out of range of radio communication with Cape Canaveral and remained "lost" for about 45 minutes. A Navy plane rescued him in good physical condition. President John F. Kennedy told Carpenter, "We are relieved and very proud of your trip," and Carpenter apologized for "not having aimed a little bit better on re-entry."

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I volunteered for this project for a lot of reasons. One of them, quite frankly, is that it is a chance for immortality. Most men never have a chance for immortality. This is something I would willingly give my life for, and I think a person is very fortunate to have something he can care that much about. [on being chosen to participate in NASA's Project Mercury in 1959]