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Scott Carpenter: Astronaut to Aquanaut
An American astronaut and an aquanaut, Scott Carpenter was part of Project Mercury and operated the Aurora 7 spacecraft, which orbited the earth three times. He also joined U.S. Navy’s SEALAB project and stayed underwater for a record of 30 days.
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The final months of WWII from the vantage points of both the Japanese and the Americans.