Facts about Scott Carpenter

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   Carpenter's 1965 SEALAB II aquanaut mission included a dramatic decompression emergency when a nitrogen-oxygen mixture leaked into his habitat at 205 meters depth, threatening the entire crew's survival.

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   Before his astronaut career, Scott Carpenter served as a Navy pilot and test pilot, flying reconnaissance missions during the Korean War from 1951 to 1952.

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   Scott Carpenter authored the 1962 memoir For Spacious Skies, chronicling his experiences as a Mercury Seven astronaut and test pilot.

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   During his Naval career, Scott Carpenter logged over 5,000 hours as a test pilot, including flights in the X-15 rocket plane reaching altitudes above 200,000 feet.

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   At age 89, Scott Carpenter made his final dive to the Mariana Trench in 2011, becoming the first person to explore both space and the ocean's deepest frontier.

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   Carpenter spent 687 days underwater during SEALAB II in 1965, conducting aquanaut experiments at depths up to 205 meters off California's coast.

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   In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter orbited Earth 22 times aboard Aurora 7 during his three-hour Mercury-Atlas 7 mission.

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