Artifact: Scott Carpenter signed Mercury Friendship 7 space capsule model.
Manufacturer: Code 3 Collectibles.

Dimensions: 9.8 x 8.4 cm (capsule), 8.3 x 3 x 7.2 cm (stand).

Scale: 1:25
Weight: 217 gr (capsule), 195 gr (stand). Total: 412 gr

Description:

Mercury Friendship 7 model signed by Scott Carpenter. The Mercury capsule model is made of casted resin and the stand is made of wood.

Mercury-Atlas 7, launched May 24, 1962, was the fourth crewed flight of Project Mercury. The spacecraft, named Aurora 7, was piloted by astronaut Scott Carpenter. He was the sixth human to fly in space.

This model, however, corresponds to Mercury's spacecraft, named Friendship 7. The Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) was the first crewed American orbital spaceflight, which took place on February 20, 1962, and was piloted by astronaut John Glenn.

Artifact: "The Steel Albatross", signed by Scott Carpenter
Author: Edwin Scott Carpenter.
Publisher: Pocket Books.
Date: 1991.
Dimensions: 17.17 x 10.72 x 2.87 cm.
Weight: 677 gr.

Pages: 371.

Description:

Novel written by Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter and signed by him. Synopsis: When uncompromising factions within the Soviet Union construct an undersea power facility capable of incapacitating U.S. defense systems, Rick Tallman, a Navy pilot marred by scandal, is entrusted with the leadership of the Albatross, a stealthy submarine, with the mission of obliterating the system.

Item: Mercury 7 launch photo signed by astronauts
Size: 28 x 21.5 cm

Description: Picture of Mercury MA-6 launch by John Glenn handsigned by John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Obtained through ArtifactCloud (Florian Noller). Signed during the 40th anniversary of Project Mercury in 2012.