Scott Carpenter passes away at 88

Summary: Scott Carpenter, Mercury 7 astronaut, has recently passed away at the age of 88.
He was a part of NASA's first group of astronauts and was the second American to orbit the earth in Aurora 7. His death leaves John Glenn as the last surviving member of the Mercury team.
One of the cool things about him was that after his capsule landed 288 miles off target, the Navy found him floating in the Caribbean, laying on his life-raft with his feet propped up like he was on vacation. When not exploring space, he joined the Navy's SeaLab II program and spent 30 days under the ocean and continued to be invested in oceanography up to his death.



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