Scott Carpenter, second American to go into orbit, dies at 80

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 16:00 in Astronomy & Space

DENVER, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth in NASA's Mercury program, died Thursday in Denver at age 80, his wife announced.

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