Aurora 7 – Spaceflight Now

March 23, 2023

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On this date…Second American in orbit

May 24, 2016 Justin Ray

Scott Carpenter launched atop an Atlas rocket to become the second American to orbit the Earth today in 1962, flying for 4 hours and 39 minutes aboard Aurora 7 while making three revolutions of the globe.