STP96 - Aurora 7 - Scott Carpenter - Did The Man Malfunction? 60th Anniversary
On 24th May 1962 Scott Carpenter climbed into Aurora 7, his Mercury spacecraft and launched on top of an Atlas rocket. The 6th person to go to space, but was he the right man for the job? Questions about this mission followed Carpenter his whole life so 60 years after the launch, we take a look at what really happened.
Emily’s Articles:
I’ve Seen Hundreds Of Rocket Launches… But Nothing Like ThIs:
https://www.celestis.com/blog/ascension-memorial-spaceflight-reflections/
“Elvis” Underscores Stunning Financial, Emotional Abuse By Colonel Tom Parker:
https://medium.com/the-making-of-an-ex-nuke/elvis-underscores-stunning-financial-emotional-abuse-by-colonel-tom-parker-aba6f4757c74
Research about Aurora 7:
‘Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and the Controversy Surrounding Aurora 7’ BY aMY Shira Teitel:
https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/mercury-astronaut-scott-carpenter-and-controversy-surrounding-aurora-7/?amp&fbclid=IwAR3KVqrhQ3CFipJJsSMpvjKfoE7FOlVj9y9BSgzwtqAkCfZyn40lPheUuEk
Special Thanks to Francis French:
https://www.francisfrench.com/
Try and find a copy of Spaceflight magazine Volume 45 from June 2003 for the article: “Mercury Rising - the second ascent of Scott Carpenter”
Books Mentioned:
Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965: Francis French and Colin BurgesFor Spacious Skies, The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut: Scott Carpenter and Kris Stoever
Flight: My Life in Mission Control by Chris Kraft
This Week’s Launches:
Wed 22nd June 2022: Guina Space Center, French Guiana: Arianespace: Ariane 5 ECA: Measat-3d & GSAT-24
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/442
Thur 23rd June 2022: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 2D: Yaogan 35 Group 02:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6975
No Video Available
Mon 27th June 2022: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 4C: Gaofen-12 03
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6979
No Video Available
This Week’s Other News:
NASA to launch 3 sounding rockets from Northern Territory in boost for Australian space efforts:
https://www.space.com/nasa-sounding-rocket-launches-australia
NASA declares Artemis 1 moon rocket test successful, begins prepping for launch:
https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-mission-wet-dress-rehearsal-success
NASA eyeing late August for launch of Artemis 1 moon mission:
https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-mission-late-august-launch
Mercury shows off craters in amazing pictures from BepiColombo flyby:
https://www.space.com/mercury-bepicolombo-2nd-flyby-photos
James Webb Space Telescope team clears 1st instrument for science observations:
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-1st-instrument-ready
Rogue rocket's moon crash site spotted by NASA probe:
https://www.space.com/rocket-moon-crash-site-spotted-photos
Image Credits: NASA
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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