Another Astronaut Dies

First Neil Armstrong a year ago, and now Scott Carpenter has died:

Carpenter was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen by NASA, which said he died from complications after a stroke. He was a backup pilot for John Glenn ahead of America's first manned orbital space flight in February 1962.

Carpenter flew the second American manned orbital flight in May of that year. Flight time was four hours and 54 minutes, according to a NASA biography.

John Glenn's now the sole survivor of the Mercury astronauts.

Highest of all Carpenter's great feats was of course appearing in Peanuts.