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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.

Known For

Acting

Space Men

2016

Space Men

as

Self (archive footage)

Out of This World

Out of This World

as

Special Guest Star

American Experience

American Experience

as

Self (archive footage)

Production

Crew

Directing