Podcaster: Andy Poniros
Title: A Tribute to Mercury Astronaut, Scott Carpenter
Organization: Cosmic Perspective
Link : http://www.lift-off.us
If you would like to watch the entire NASA video publication, go to this link…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xqOUWjLHao
Intro Music: “A Piece of Space History”, by Andy Poniros
Closing Music:” 2001 Funk”, composed by Larry Benigno
This tribute originally air on “Cosmic Perspective” in 2013
Description: Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter died on Oct 10th 2013. This podcast is a tribute Scott Carpenter and the perilous flight of Aurora 7, containing a description of an informal chat I had with Commander Carpenter at Kennedy Space Center’s Visitor Center on Nov 3rd 2012, and the audio from a NASA video publication, “Scott Carpenter & Aurora 7”
Bio: Andy Poniros is a JPL / NASA Solar System Ambassador, Amateur Astronomer, Telescope Builder, Science Reporter and “Cosmic Perspective” host on www.WPKN.org Geoff Notkin & Steve Arnold, the meteorite men
Today’s sponsor: This episode of 365 Days of Astronomy is sponsored by, Andy Poniros. “Cosmic Perspective” is an Andy Poniros Production. For more information, you can go to www.lift-off.us
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