24 May 1962: Mercury 7 lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, carrying Scott Carpenter aboard the Mercury capsule Aurora 7 atop an Atlas rocket; the three-orbit flight plan was packed with scientific experiements & Carpenter couldn't stay on schedule; the Aurora 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, hundreds of miles off target, & was recovered by the U.S.S. Intrepid.
The Aquabats!, "Doing Science!" from The Aquabats! Super Show! Television Soundtrack: Volume One (Space Cadet Captain Thumbs Up!)
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