R.I.P. Scott Carpenter
Yesterday the American astronaut and aquanaut Scott Carpenter, one of the first seven astronauts selected for the Mercury program, died. A short time ago he had a stroke from which he appeared to be recovering but in recent days his condition deteriorated up to his death. Born on May 1, 1925, Carpenter was an austronaut of the Mercury-Atlas 7 space mission and an aquanaut of the Sealab-II mission.
