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Topic: Rene Carpenter, astronaut wife (1928-2020)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-24-2020 08:07 PM
   
Rene Louise (Mason) Carpenter, who was married to Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter from 1948 through 1972, died on Friday (July 24, 2020) in Denver, Colorado. She was 92. From The New York Times: Her daughter Kris Stoever said the cause was congestive heart failure.Perhaps more than any of the seven [original astronaut] wives, Ms. Carpenter broke the NASA mold, emerging with her own identity. On photo shoots, when the women were told to wear solid pastel dresses, Ms. Carpenter, a striking platinum blonde, showed up in a sleeveless red floral pattern. People magazine called her "the undisputed prom queen of the early space program." It was actually Ms. Carpenter who signed up her husband for Project Mercury. He had made it through the initial phases of qualification when a letter arrived while he was out of town. Ms. Carpenter opened it. The letter said that if he wanted to proceed to the next phase and enter the physical trials, he needed to respond immediately. Without checking with him first, she called the number and declared, "We volunteer!" Ms. Carpenter immersed herself in NASA history and acquired a firm grasp of the science as well as the personalities involved. "She was keenly alert to everything going on in the space program, from its orbital mechanics to its rivalries," the novelist Thomas Mallon, a longtime friend, said by email. Rene Carpenter was the last surviving member of the Mercury 7 and their spouses.  Above: Rene and Scott Carpenter peer into Aurora 7 after its return from orbit, May 27, 1962 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-24-2020 08:11 PM
On behalf of the entire collectSPACE community, my sincere condolences to Kris Stoever, who has been a member and active participant on these forums for years.My thoughts are with you and your family. |
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posted 07-25-2020 07:06 AM
Deepest sympathy to Kris and all the family. RIP
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