Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dies At 88

Above, Scott Carpenter entering his Aurora 7 Mercury capsule for his 1962 space flight.  NASA photo.

Fox News has reported that one of the two remaining original Mercury astronauts has died.

They reported:

Scott Carpenter, the fourth U.S. astronaut to fly in space and the second to orbit the Earth, died Thursday at a Denver hospice. 

Carpenter’s wife, Patty, confirmed his death to Fox News. Carpenter, 88, of Vail, Colo., recently suffered a stroke. 

Along with John Glenn, who flew three months before him, Carpenter was one of the last two surviving original Mercury 7 astronauts for the fledgling U.S. space program.

Left, Scott Carpenter. 


With Carpenter's passing, only former Sen. John Glenn is the last of the Mercury 7 astronauts still living.

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