Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front ?
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front of a Mercury space capsule at Cape Canaveral after Glenn was named as the astronaut to make the first US orbital flight and Carpenter as his backup, 29 November 1961
Picture No
12024168
Media ID
48088331
Size
4079px x 4976px
(9.9MB)
Credit
© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph from The Royal Aeronautical Society Archive
Date
1961
