page_title: Rene Carpenter
hierarchical_section_title: Rene Carpenter
caption_attribution_description: Scope and content: Original caption: Rene Carpenter, wife of America's second astronaut to orbit the earth, responds to questions from the press at Cocoa Beach, Florida shortly following the landing of her astronaut husband. With her are their children (left to right) Jay, Kristy, Candy and Scott.
context_page_description: Rene Carpenter was an American newspaper columnist and host of two Washington, D.C., television shows. As the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, she was therefore a pioneering member of NASA's early spaceflight families.
context_section_description: Rene Carpenter (April 12, 1928 – July 24, 2020) was an American newspaper columnist and host of two Washington, D.C., television shows. As the wife of Scott Carpenter, one of the Mercury Seven astronauts, she was therefore a pioneering member of NASA's early spaceflight families.
caption: Carpenter at a press conference in 1962
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