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Astronaut Scott Carpenter walks to the launch site to begin the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission on May 24, 1962. Carpenter's Aurora 7 capsule lifted off aboard an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 7:45 a.m. EST, May 24. Carpenter was the fourth American in space and second American to orbit Earth. via NASA ift.tt/2qQ7tq9
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May 24, 1962 - Scott Carpenter on the Way to Mercury-Atlas 7 Launch Site was taken on September 05, 2013 at 11:52AM