European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Star in space show Malcolm. Cou Carpen of we dam Fate made & Ite d onto the of toil Lii stage Jav be weft space Spee i &42 a Fri for of Frt ii. Ifal a at Aalthe 37-Yearnjid Fen tenant commander blasted off in this Aurora 7 space capsule for an -81,000 mlle journey in three Orbital Clr Tufts around the Earth. Carpenter smiled through the open face plate of Hlaj helmet a he walked to briskly past about 50 pc tutors who watched him astronaut was trailed by his doctors technicians and a few others.,-lt col John a. Powers spokes Man for the astronauts sold that flight surgeons found Carpenter in excellent physical condition and Felt his attitude was perfect for the for his own part Powers sold Carpenter seemed very self confident very optimistic and that the astronaut looked very very is Riding from the hangar to a waiting White Van the Stiver suited Carpenter walked in the footsteps of three other astronauts Alan b. Shepard and Virgil i. Grissom who took Short Range rides to the threshold of space and John h. Glenn in the first american to orbit the lean Green eyed Carpenter Vetts backup or stand in Pilot for Glenn last feb. 20 when th1 Marine. Lieutenant colonel made his historic three limes around the world trip. Carpenter was tapped for this second Orbital Only Affer slay ton special us Astro a Malcolm Scott Carpenter snot was gov a he Acyl cover radio free Europe in Islo Poland czech Roslova Ary to manic and Bui announced Jerst report win flashed Aland less than one minute blast oct re report direct from canaveral included Deserio preparations Tor the launch i accounts of the Orbital Carpenter s first v report " Acet and interviews with in the uj51 space pro Tass report soviet news Agency to Issue " the launching in a five line to 2 06 pm. Munich time of allowed Jau sep a East German Agency Adnoff Ted in a Short Reid Ort Thattil left flight St Yanieri cosmonaut Glenn carpenters also had to be postponed times Bein or of ky., hum Lay lie lit idea Lois it r an official court / Onle r Eddy mar Hal him said two of 111" announcements j had been wafting for pleaded me the ocl Carlt started and two the 711 a Hirwas Goodfox seven orbits mrs. Carpenter awoke at 4 had breakfast and s it 11 e d calmly with n neighbor couple or. An mrs. Richard Geb a Carpenter hard. Before three television sets to watch the launching. The sets � \ i v t a i a . I works mrs. Carpenter and the a h j among those in the ballroom astronaut Donald lost March because of a minor heart Slayton was. Far away in. Muc Lui Australia. Helping Mana key station on the worldwide network set to track Carpenter on each 00-Niinutft orbit. Somewhere near this spaceport 1nobody a is saying where car j up nor s strikingly blonde wife. Re ii. An close up on the three past . flights. N s i d e the Van slowly Rode the four Miles to Hie launch pad where h e i m c d Lee Niriana had been about the Tail Silver Atlas rocket Ami the a Fiat. Black spacecraft atop it bathed in Macht the rocket Atlas 107d-stood1 locked in a red steel servicing lower 16 stories tall. The whole graphic scene was bathed in millions of candlepower of White Light hurled by four Domett mighty floodlights surrounding the pad. Early Birds among the thousands camped out on the beaches flank i ing the Cape could see the rocket and its Tower standing Stark Iii galust the night sky. But they j were too for away to make out any details i four delays had stood Between Carpenter and this moment whet the at last reached the part delays caused by a variety of technical bugs which project Mercury officials now said were nit ironed out. Final physical before starting Down the Stair from the second deck of hangar s. Carpenter had undergone n final physical examination just in Case he might have contracted some Lufitz a minute infection or ailment. Or. Howard a Minners an air Force Captain taking Over As flight surgeon for the astronauts checked Carpenter s eyes -.ears, Hose and threat and Natsi Chad to carpenters body sensor devices to Tell other doctors on Earth Liow corp enter Hearl blood pressure and resp tra 11 a 1 1j1 1 Johh. 1�1 ll%144 re. . _ Thon re by the Board of resents ton of i it up. During. Of nearly i i a tic Grev Carpenter left j Pound space suit and White Helm Iii varsity to return to the Mit checked it for pressure leaks no one course for a tie-1 and picked up a portable to conditioner. Liter Gath son s launching g limit attic plans visit to Cape h1 j s i. A i t j Al Coio i pm admittedly. Ii fam Scott punier set jul close Jutis the , f hurs4ayj-to,.vyatcli his orbit around ,-.it was almost of unbelief that Lils on if inthe arpent new Fimon aim. T n a it n t a a immunity. He got to bed fat 11 . And the alarm clock woke me at ,4 this morning. I sle guess u took me about 20-minutes to get to Sleepi. " the elder Carponter said he did not recognize his son s voice from the space ship As la came Over television. \ it did t soundalike Bud Scott s nickname at All he said or. Carpenter talked with his son by Telephone tuesday night he asked Jne to c6me Down to the tape monday the ewer a up enter president Quigg Boulder Community Hospital where j new ton. The astronaut h Mother k employed said he had been Auni the records inon nun in i Khz a. Urdl so a Intel i overs to n a. Carpenter a special award five hour fat Fht. Ibis comment from mrs. Crupp Elfr ,, per Dpi june 8. Winding up apr fion s history a Kine. Kir i wus a it cd Lauon the a Tirol ritual. Carpenter donned Harht "t1h is the Hii be l Day of his life and i thank the marvels of Hinl Art Perm lit info a to it with him Evhen naked Lio i she was react ing Gebhardt Niri mrs. Was Arnorf relaxed now Thanh it been he added How Ever that top Mother had no been particularly tense Gebhrdt Stiel mrs. Corp enter Watts every move on the to sets and charting her son s Orbital Progress on u world Globe. Dad in seclusion a Small crowd gathered Otto tilt the trailer and several Hun dred persons assembled at the University of Colorado student Center were mrs. Carpenter will hold a formal news conference after the Landing of her son s is a native of Boulder and an alumnus of he University. The astronaut s father a Scott Carpenter sr., 60, was in so Ruslon at a Mountain Cabin Nettir his Home at Palmer Lake n foot Hills Community North of Colorado Springs the father Styrl earlier he did t want to ice anyone until after the elder Carpenter is a retired chemist formerly of Nulley . He and the astronaut s Mother were divorced in 1945, b n d the father has Carpenter neared the end of his second orbit hundreds of students poured into the Glehn Miller ballroom and student Union building on the University Campus his 20 final Check space traveler Scott Carpenter look Aurora 7 space vehicle just before getting into it for to journey around the Earth
