Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
6
Gender
Male
Birthday
1925-05-01
Day of Death
2013-10-10 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter
Biography
Malcolm Scott Carpenter (May 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013) was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury in April 1959. Carpenter was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Glenn.
