Scott Carpenter

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Born 1925-05-01 Died 2013-10-10 Boulder, Colorado, USA 6 credits United States Astronaut Hall of Fame 1 Legionnaire of Legion of Merit 1 Distinguished Flying Cross 1 National Aviation Hall of Fame 1

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Won 1 United States Astronaut Hall of Fame Award

United States Astronaut Hall of Fame 1 won

— United States Astronaut Hall of Fame Won

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit 1 won

— Legionnaire of Legion of Merit Won

Distinguished Flying Cross 1 won

— Distinguished Flying Cross Won

National Aviation Hall of Fame 1 won

2017 National Aviation Hall of Fame Won

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Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.

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