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Carpenter grateful for rescue from carrier duty to Mercury flight
Glenn honored astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter recalls his 1959 selection as one of seven Mercury astronauts and his relief at avoiding a two year carrier tour. The Navy lieutenant commander became a key navigator and communications expert on the Mercury program, later stepping in for Slayton’s heart trouble last March 15. Carpenter, born May 1 1925 in Boulder Colorado, credits a life of learning and family support as he and wife Rene raise four living children while the family watches space launches from Cocoa Beach near Cape Canaveral.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Carpenter
Navy
U.S
Air Force
Donald K. Slayton
John H. Glenn Jr
Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Rene
Patuxent River
Mer
Washington
Mark Scott
Robyn Jay
Kristine Elaine
Candace Noxon
Cocoa Beach
Space
Cape Area
Scott
Jay
Langley Air Force Base
Atlantic
Mercury
John L. Chew
Destroyer Flotilla Four
Mercury Control Center
USS
Noa
Cape
Randolph
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Lake Champlain
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Norfolk
Donner
E. R. Eastwold
Intrepid