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Mercury 7

Mercury 7 was a Mercury program American manned space mission launched May 24, 1962. The Mercury capsule was named "Aurora 7" and made three earth orbits, piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter[?]. A targeting mishap during reentry took the spacecraft 250 miles off course, delaying recovery of Carpenter and the craft.

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