0 A forerunner of the space age died

The first group of NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter died at the age of 88 .Carpenter was one of the first members of the Mercury 7 project .Carpenter , Aurora 7 spacecraft orbit the earth in 1962, allowing you to three rounds , the second American had been traveling to orbit the earth .After retiring in 1969, has participated in oceanography .
The first orbital mission flying John Glenn , Mercury 's last surviving member.Scott Carpenter's wife, Patty Barrett, her husband died in September, and Denver experienced complications after a stroke , he said.Carpenter lived in the town of Vail , Colorado .Carpenter was born in the city of Boulder, Colorado , United States Marine Corps began his career in 1949 .Served as a pilot during the Korean War .
Space experience
Carpenter was selected as one of the Mercury 7 astronaut April 1959 .Nasa has specialized training in communication and navigation .During February 1962, the United States in preparation for the first manned orbital flight was John Glenn's backup pilot .During their flight schedule 288 miles away from the capsule landed Scott Carpenter .Nasa and the entire United States , Carpenter waited anxiously to see if it's alive .Navy in the Caribbean, it found itself in lifeboats .Scott Carpenter did not come back to the space program , but later joined the U.S. Navy Sealab II .In 1965, California spent 30 days under the water off the ocean .After retiring founded a company called Marine Sciences .The Diving Bell and the researchers work closely with Jacques was Cousteau'yla .