Oral Histories: Scott Carpenter

Astronaut Scott Carpenter was interviewed for an oral history as part of NASA's Johnson Space Center History Collection.

Carpenter was one of the Mercury Seven -- America's first men in space. This interview was conducted in 1999 by Roy Neal -- longtime NBC News reporter and correspondent who covered the American manned space program.

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In Denver.Colorado in May nineteen sixty two.a three hundred thousand plus crowd cheered the newest American astronaut.Malcolm Scott Carpenter.

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My favorite of the Mercury 7. God rest you, Scott.

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Malcolm Scott Carpenter was the first
American astronaut to be given solid food for eating.
He named his space capsule
Aurora
Seven, the seven represents the first seven
American astronauts.

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R.I.P. Scott Carpenter, you were an inspiration for all mankind...

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and total dilf

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He was my dad godfather, my grandad and Scott were best friends he would spend the night at our house with his wife Patti 2 to 3 tines a year

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😢Scott was one of the preeminent Sasquatch researchers of our time.RIP sir.

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celestial event 7

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Boring.