Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter Remembered at Colorado Funeral

Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

The second American astronaut to orbit the Earth was remembered Nov. 2 by his family and friends during a private funeral service and public memorial at St. John's Episcopal Church in Boulder. Scott Carpenter, 88, died Oct. 10, after a recent stroke.

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