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- 1Scott Carpenter remembered a decade after his death▼Scott Carpenter, who died OTD in 2013, was the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in # space htt
Scott Carpenter, the NASA Mercury astronaut who became the second American to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, died on this day in 2013. Space history enthusiasts are marking the anniversary by sharing tributes and recalling his 1962 Aurora 7 mission and his later work as an aquanaut.