US astronaut Scott Carpenter, one of the last surviving members of America's original space programme, Mercury, has died aged 88, his family has announced. In 1962 Mr Carpenter became the second American to orbit the earth, piloting the Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24485864#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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