Mercury Atlas 7, Aurora, Scott Carpenter 1962: Four Original NASA Photos
NASA (Mercury Atlas 7). Space pioneer Scott Carpenter performing the second US orbital mission on board Aurora 7, May 1962.
Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, printed 1962, each numbered „NASA S-62-1405“, „NASA S-62-1407“, „NASA S-62-2849“, „NASA S-62-2851“ in black in top margin, with NASA captions on verso (NASA HQ), each 20,3 x 25,4 cm, 2 prints with a light crease.
First and second photographs: Scott Carpenter preparing for the second US manned orbital flight Mercury Atlas 7 during suit testing at Langley Air force Base after he was selected as the prime pilot.
Third photograph: the Aurora 7 spacecraft mated to an Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, at 07:45:00 a.m. EST on May 24, 1962.
Fourth photograph: recovery of Scott Carpenter and the Aurora 7 spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean on May 24, 1962.
| The Aurora 7 capsule reentered after completing 3 orbits, coming down in the Atlantic Ocean some 200 km northeast of Puerto Rico, about 400 km beyond the planned impact point. The overshoot was traced to a 25 degree yaw error at the time the retrograde rockets were fired. Retrofire was also about 3 s late, accounting for about 20 miles of the overshoot. The duration of the flight was 4 h 56 min 5 s during which Carpenter traveled over 121,600 km. Carpenter was picked up after 2 h 59 min in the water and returned by helicopter to the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid.
(https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1962-019A).
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