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Medal - Project Mercury Scott Carpenter
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1962 |
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| Weight | 21 g |
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| Obverse description | Central relief depicts the Mercury spacecraft capsule with escape tower, shown against a star-studded field with small four-pointed stars and dot clusters. The legend SCOTT CARPENTER curves along the upper rim, with the mission designation M/A VII flanking the capsule in the mid-field, and the flight date MAY 24, 1962 inscribed along the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central relief depicts a Mercury-Atlas rocket at launch, rising from billowing exhaust clouds at the base. To the right of the rocket stands the Mercury Seven program logo, consisting of the astronomical symbol for Mercury with the numeral 7 incorporated within the circle. The legend PROJECT MERCURY appears in two lines to the left of the rocket in the field. |
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