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Topic: Photo of the week 788 (November 30, 2019)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-30-2019 02:40 AM
   
 Astronauts Scott Carpenter (left) and John Glenn stand in front of a Mercury capsule on display at the Cape Canaveral press headquarters on November 29, 1961. After the successful launch of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5), Glenn was officially named as prime pilot for the forthcoming manned orbital flight MA-6, with Carpenter as his backup pilot. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 124
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 11-30-2019 03:42 AM
What a great photo of two amazing heroes! I was privileged to have met Scott Carpenter over here in the UK about ten years ago and what a humble and friendly guy he was. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 11-30-2019 07:29 AM
Great photo. I too was honoured to meet Scott Carpenter at Autographica, Birmingham in September 2009 and he gave a very good talk to us and was so friendly. I couldn't get over the fact that I had met a Mercury astronaut. Unfortunately never had the chance to meet John Glenn but had a great respect for him. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-30-2019 08:42 AM
I met John and Annie Glenn and Scott Carpenter. It was my 13th birthday the day Carpenter was launched. Many years later, when I met him, I showed him my driver's license with the date 5/24/49 on it and told him he was launched on my 13th birthday. He looked at the license, then looked at me and said, "You really know how to hurt a guy."I have a great photo of it and us laughing. Two of the nicest people I have ever met. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 11-30-2019 09:49 AM
Another great photo Ed! I've never seen this one. Keep them coming! |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 12-02-2019 10:44 AM
Another great photo from the archives! I met Cdr. Carpenter many years after his flight, at an event with Gen. Charlie Duke. Nice, humble guy - the only Mercury astronaut I ever met. He and Glenn were very close friends, and were, appropriately, the last two surviving Mercury Seven astronauts before Carpenter's passing. |
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