Boulder-born astronaut
Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the Earth and first person to
explore both the heights of space and depths of the ocean, died today after a
stroke. He was 88. Along with John Glenn, who flew three months before him,
Carpenter was one of the last two surviving original Mercury 7 astronauts for
the fledgling U.S. space program.His wife, Patty Barrett, said Carpenter died of complications from a September
stroke in a Denver hospice. He lived in Vail, Colorado.
