Astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at 88.

[Bugman]

I remember his 1962 flight, and the time he spent on SeaLab. R.I.P. Mr. Carpenter, you are a true American hero.

http://news.msn.com/science-technology/scott-carpenter-2nd-us-astronaut-in-orbit-dies

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[milagros317]

Rest In Peace, Scott Carpenter.

I guess that makes John Glenn the only one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts still alive.

 

[rdhd]

Yes, we are losing all of our heroes of that great era...

 

[Druidici]

RIP Mr. Carpenter..Houston out.

 

[osprey825]

Thanks for posting this Bugman. RIP Scott Carpenter. Looking back on that era, those guys really did have the right stuff; true heroes.

 

[love feet]

🙁!!!!!

 

[kopfhorer]

I remember watching some of those early space shots on TV, or listening to them on the radio.

Was it really half a century ago?

 

[Bugman]

Thanks for posting this Bugman. RIP Scott Carpenter. Looking back on that era, those guys really did have the right stuff; true heroes.

They were incredibly brave men.

I remember watching some of those early space shots on TV, or listening to them on the radio.

Was it really half a century ago?

I know. It some ways, it seems like it was yesterday...

 

[paracarl44]

SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT SCOTT CARPENTER.

That leaves John Glenn as the last of The Original 7 Astronauts still living.