Astronaut Scott Carpenter talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid after his Aurora 7 flight on May 24, 1962. Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the U.S.S. Intrepid after a 4 hour and 54 minute mission in space.
Astronaut Scott Carpenter talks with President John F. Kennedy via radio-telephone from aboard the carrier U.S.S. Intrepid after his Aurora 7 flight on May 24, 1962.
Carpenter was recovered by a helicopter and taken to the U.S.S. Intrepid after a 4 hour and 54 minute mission in space.Image Credit: NASA