Scott Carpenter

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1925-05-01

Deathday 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

Actor

2016
Space Men

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Out of This World

as Special Guest Star

Crew

1987
Out of This World

as Technical Advisor