Sunday, October 17, 2021

The Explorers' Club, № DCCCXLV

The Space Race—Astronaut Group 1 (the "Mercury Seven"), Part V
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (1 May 1925-10 October 2013), Commander, U.S. Navy—He flew Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7, 1962), the second American orbital mission, then took a leave of absence from N.A.S.A. to join the Navy's SEALAB project; he was injured in a motorcyle crash & removed from flight status, before spending twenty-eight days underwater as an aquanaut during SEALAB II (1965).
Bonus! Song o' the Day: The Mercury Seven—Scott Carpenter
Bobby Darin, "Beyond the Sea" from The Ultimate Bobby Darin (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)
Requiescat in pace.

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