![Astronaut Scott Carpenter smiles as he sits in a chair wearing his silver space suit.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/s61-03510/s61-03510~large.jpg?w=1529&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
SUIT – ASTRONAUT S. CARPENTER – PA
S61-03510 (1961) --- Project Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter smiles, in his pressure suit, prior to participating in a simulated mission run at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Carpenter has been selected as the prime pilot on the United States second attempt to put a man into orbit around Earth. Photo credit: NASA
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TakenAugust 1, 1960
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