Astronaut Scott Carpenter climbs into Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter climbs into Aurora 7 ahead of launching on the second American manned orbital flight on May 24, 1962.
He flew through three revolutions of the earth, reaching a maximum altitude of 164 miles. The spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean about 1000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral after 4 hours and 54 minutes of flight time.Image Credit: NASA