LARC 15 (Lighter Amphibious Resupply Cargo) vehicle parked on a beach in Florida. Mercury Project personnel stand in vehicle. They watch Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-7) ignition and blast off, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter in the Aurora 7 capsule.
Captain Gus Grissom and his wife; Colonel Powers, Lieutenant Commander Carpenter and other VIPs walk toward NASA Manned spacecraft center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Astronauts in civilian clothing. Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter, Lieutenant Commander Glenn, Commander Shepard, Captain Grissom, Lieutenant Commander Schirra and other dignitaries on podium. People seated on chairs. Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter receives Distinguished Service Medal presented by NASA Director James Edwin Webb. Lieutenant Commander Carpenter with his family. He delivers a speech.
Mrs. Carpenter and his children greet U.S. Astronaut, Lieutenant Commander Scott Carpenter upon arrival at Patrick Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Florida, after his Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Astronaut Carpenter speaks to crowd. C-121 aircraft of Military Air Transport Service, in the background. Men take pictures of Commander Carpenter. Astronaut Carpenter gets into motorcar with his wife.
Monitoring and control of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission. Personnel seated at control stations in control room of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The World Map on a wall, showing the three anticipated orbital tracks of the Aurora 7 capsule, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Personnel note down readings from control panel. They talk through earphones. Man smokes. Greenwich Mean Time displayed on wall.
Astronauts at conference table in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronauts Alan Shepard and John Glenn are seen conversing with others. Two men behind Commander Shepard, talk. Commander Scott Carpenter gives autograph on photographs.
Aerial views of the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD-)32 while deployed in the Atlantic to support the recovery of the Aurora 7 space capsule from the Mercury-Atlas 7 orbital mission. Marine Corps UH 34D helicopters are seen on deck. The ship moves rapidly through calm waters.
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