{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f4389f9e0d0e44f3c79a062/62bcb5656bec820013279476?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"STP96 - Aurora 7 - Scott Carpenter - Did The Man Malfunction? 60th Anniversary","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f4389f9e0d0e44f3c79a062/1656534069267-fc2b09b6e08280477b8289b75de54200.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On 24th May 1962 Scott Carpenter climbed into Aurora 7, his Mercury spacecraft and launched on top of an Atlas rocket. The 6th person to go to space, but was he the right man for the job? Questions about this mission followed Carpenter his whole life so 60 years after the launch, we take a look at what really happened.</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to Francis French for his help: <a href=\"https://www.francisfrench.com/ \" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.francisfrench.com/ </a></p><p><br></p><p>Full show notes: <a href=\"https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp96-aurora-7-scott-carpenter-did-the-man-malfunction-60th-anniversary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://spaceandthingspodcast.com/podcast/stp96-aurora-7-scott-carpenter-did-the-man-malfunction-60th-anniversary</a></p><p>Show notes include links to all articles mentioned and full details of our guest, plus videos of any launches.</p><p><br></p><p>Image Credits: NASA</p><p><br></p><p>Space and Things:</p><p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.twitter.com/spaceandthings1</a></p><p>Instagram:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/spaceandthingspodcast</a></p><p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/spaceandthingspodcast/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Merch and Info:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.spaceandthingspodcast.com</a></p><p>Patreon:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/Spaceandthings</a></p><p><br></p><p>Business Enquiries:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@andthingsproductions.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">info@andthingsproductions.com</a></p><p><br></p><p>Space and Things is brought to you And Things Productions&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.andthingsproductions.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.andthingsproductions.com</a></p>","author_name":"And Things Productions"}