Godspeed: Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter dies at age 88
Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 15:20
in Health & Medicine
NASA pioneer astronaut Scott Carpenter died Thursday at the age of 88 due to medical complications from a recent stroke, leaving John Glenn as the last remaining member of the Mercury 7, family friends told NBC News.Carpenter had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke last month in Vail, Colo.