Mercury 7: Aurora 7 – Scott Carpenter Keychain

Mercury-Atlas 7 was the second American orbital Mercury program manned space mission, launched May 24, 1962. The Mercury spacecraft was named Aurora 7 and made three Earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. A targeting mishap during reentry took the spacecraft 250 miles (about 400 km) off course, delaying recovery of Carpenter and the craft. Partly because he had been distracted watching the fireflies and partly because of his busy schedule, and a malfunction of the automatic alignment system, Carpenter overshot his planned reentry mark and splashed down 402 kilometers from target. Aurora 7 is displayed at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. As always, we do special orders and customization and its always free. Want a NASA logo on the back or inside of a product??