For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut, by Scott Carpenter and Kristen C. Stoever, Signed, First Edition, 2002

Carpenter, Scott, Stoever, Kristen C., For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut. New York: Harcourt, 2002. First Edition, Signed by Scott Carpenter on the free front endpaper. Presented is a first edition copy of For Spacious Skies by astronaut Scott Carpenter and his daughter Kristen C. Stoever. The book has been signed by Carpenter on the free front page. Malcolm Scott Carpenter (1925- 2013) was an American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer, aquanaut, and astronaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected for NASA’s Project Mercury in April of 1959. Carpenter was the second American, after John Glenn, to orbit the Earth and the fourth American in space. This book serves as his personal memoir and discusses his experience in the Mercury Seven program. During the early years of the space program, each mission helped determine NASA's progress. Carpenter was backup to Glenn during the Mercury Atlas 6 orbital mission. He flew the next missio