,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #djj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #cj1       
#bjac,mr4 ,perlmutter 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,polis7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,science1 ,space1 and     
,technology  ,,resolution  ,honoring the
 life and work of ,commander ,m4 ,scott 
,carpenter1 the second ,american to     
orbit the ,earth4  ,whereas ,commander  
,m4 ,scott ,carpenter was #a of the     
original #g astronauts of the ,national 
,aeronautics and ,space                 
,administration's ,project ,mercury2    
,whereas1 in #aifb1 ,mr4 ,carpenter1    
aboard the spacecraft ,aurora #g1 was   
the second ,american to orbit the ,earth
 and was able to overcome extreme       
technical difficulties during the       
mission by manually piloting the        
spacecraft to a safe re-entry2 ,whereas1
 in #aife1 ,mr4 ,carpenter spent #cj    
days living and working on the ocean    
floor as an aquanaut aboard the ,sealab 

,,ii2 ,whereas ,mr4 ,carpenter was the  
fourth ,american to go into space2      
,whereas ,malcolm ,scott ,carpenter was 
born on ,may #a1 #aibe1 in ,boulder1    
,colorado1 and was also a resident of   
,new ,york ,city for a time2 ,whereas   
,mr4 ,carpenter became a naval aviation 
cadet in #aidc1 serving his country for 
the duration of ,world ,war ,,ii1 after 
which he entered the ,university of     
,colorado in #aidf1 received a ,navy    
commission in #aidi1 and earned his     
wings of gold in #aiea2 ,whereas ,mr4   
,carpenter flew patrol planes during the
 ,korean war1 trained as a test pilot at
 ,naval ,air ,station ,patuxent ,river1 
,maryland1 and was chosen in ,april     
#aiei among #g military test pilots to  
be a ,mercury astronaut1 helping to     
carry out ,president ,john ,f4          
,kennedy's goal of putting a man on the 
,moon2 and ,whereas ,mr4 ,carpenter is  
survived by his wife1 ,patricia ,barrett
 ,carpenter2 his sons ,jay1 ,matthew1   
,nicholas1 and ,zachary2 his daughters  

,kristen ,stoever and ,candace          
,carpenter2 #a granddaughter2 #c        
stepchildren2 and #e step-grandchildren3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 honors      
,commander ,m4 ,scott ,carpenter for his
 brave work1 unrelenting passion for    
space exploration1 and encouragement in 
sending future students into the fields 
of aeronautics1 astronautics1 and       
undersea exploration2 and  7#b7         
acknowledges ,mr4 ,carpenter as a       
dynamic pioneer of modern exploration4