Mercury-Atlas 7 was the fourth crewed spaceflight for the United States. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, carried the astronaut Scott Carpenter to orbit where it completed three orbits before returning to Earth. The mission lasted for 4 hours, 56 minutes & 5 seconds. Due to a targeting error during reentry the spacecraft splashed about 400 km off-course delaying the recovery efforts. May 24, 1962 at 12:45 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas LV-3B — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Crew: Scott Carpenter The world's 167th orbital launch attempt, and 25th of 1962. Program: Mercury Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Mission patch: via The Space Devs.