This is one of the holy grail of badges, a Mercury Astronaut's NASA photo ID.  This is the actual badge issued to and worn extensively by Astronaut Scott Carpenter.  It IS NOT in 'mint" condition, nor would you expect it to be given it's being used and over 50 years old. The information on the badge speaks for itself and I have provided large scans to assist you in your review.   This badge appears to go back to May 1964 though I'm not able to say with certainity exactly when it was issued to Scott Carpenter. It is however hand signed by Scott using his vintage official signature.  A rare piece of Astronaut issued and worn daily, NASA history. 

#Carpenter - NASA ID
 SOLD

This T-Shirt owned by Patty Carpenter has never been worn.  John Glenn has hand signed in black sharpie, "To Patty, with best regards - John Glenn....5/1/04".  I'm quite certain there are very few if any, signed T-Shirts like this one and as you must surely know, Scott and John Glenn were the best of friends. This shirt is as "space related" as it gets, honoring John Glenn's two flights (Mercury/Shuttle). It's a size large and made of 100% cotton.

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#Carpenter: John Glenn signed T-Shirt
 $195

This canvas tote bag with handles honoring John Glenn's Mercury/STS flights.  This one has been hand signed by John Glenn with black sharpie.  He writes, "To Patty and Scott - with best regards always!....John Glenn...5/1/04". Scott and John Glenn were best buds making this cool piece of memorabilia dedicated by one Mercury Astronaut to another, quite desirable.   It measures 18"x18" plus handles and is made of a canvas like material. 

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#Carpenter: John Glenn signed canvas bag
 $295

This T-Shirt owned by Scott shows little if any wear.  With some of these T-Shirts it's really tough to tell but it's in great shape. Scott has hand signed it in black sharpie.  It's a size xtra large and made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: Costa Rica T-Shirt
 $60

This T-Shirt owned by Scott has may well be unworn given it's pristine condition.  Scott has hand signed it in black sharpie.  It's a size large and made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: Thalian T-Shirt
 $60

This T-Shirt owned by Scott has may well be unworn given it's pristine condition.  Scott has hand signed it in black sharpie.  It's a size large and made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: Constellation T-Shirt
 $65

This T-Shirt owned by Scott has been well worn.  As seen, it has been hand signed in black sharpie. I'm not sure what AAR stands for but seems like Scott enjoyed wearing this one !.  I'm assuming it's at least a size large and made of 100% cotton despite the tag missing tag. 

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#Carpenter: AAR T-Shirt
 $60

This Aurora 7 shirt owned by Scott Carpenter appears to be unworn.  It's a size large and made of 100% cotton.   

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#Carpenter: Carpenter Aurora 7 Shirt
 $95

This T-Shirt owned by Scott appears to be unworn.  It honors Scott Carpenter Park in Boulder, CO. It's a size medium and made of 100% cotton.   

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#Carpenter: Carpenter Park T-Shirt
 $65

This T-Shirt owned by Scott has clearly been worn by virtue of some stain spots on the back here and there that could have been from a household project of some sort.  It's hand signed in bold black sharpie.  This is an XL, made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: Sea to the Stars T-Shirt
 $60

This T-Shirt produced for the 2005 National Scout Jamboree is not only hand signed by Scott Carpenter but the reverse is signed by who I assume are many individuals associated with that event.  Very cool and in great condition. Scott had a deep connection to the Scouts and supported them in many ways over a period of years. This is an XL, made of 100% cotton.

 #Carpenter: Scout Jamboree
$50

This T-Shirt while owned by Scott looks barely worn. It's hand signed in bold black sharpie on the front.  Being a Colorado boy, this surely held special significance to Scott.  This is an size L, and made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: Colorado T-Shirt
 $60

This Man In The Sea Program shirt appears to be unworn. It's hand signed in bold black sharpie on the front. Scott was not only committed to the Man In The Sea Program but exceptionally pround of his contributions to it's success and for good reason. This is an size L and made of a Poly/Cotton blend. 

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#Carpenter: Man In Sea Shirt
 $85

This T-Shirt of Scott's shows minor signs of wear.  It commemorates the 30th anniversary, "Celebrating the First Connection Between Sea and Space". Scott has hand signed it on the back with black sharpie.  It's a size large and made of 100% cotton. 

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#Carpenter: 30th Anniversary T-Shirt
 $80

This is a report of the Capsule Coordination Group Meeting of August 14th 1959.  This group meet weekly at Langley Field, VA.  It discusses the progress since their last meeting and current agenda items that need to be carried forward.  This is a 6 page document and this copy comes from Scott Carpenter's personal files.  He has hand initialed the first page on the top right corner with his letter, "C".  The content of this document is fascinating and covers a number critical items pertinent to the development of the capsule itself, launch facilities and various aspects of testing as Project Mercury developed. A rarely seen look at what went on behind the scenes that lead to the great success of the Project Mercury program from the Scott Carpenter's personal archives.

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#Carpenter: Capsule Coordination Group Meeting
 $165

This 6x7.5", blue loose-leaf manual was issued for Capsule 7 (Friendship 7) by McDonnell Aircraft. Included in the table of contents are 'Normal Procedures', 'Emergency Procedures' and 'Trouble Shooting'. In excellent condition. Scott has hand signed his name on the title page.  It should be noted that Scott was the back-up pilot for this mission that was flown by Astronaut John Glenn. This a rare find by anyone's standards but a copy actually utilized by the back-up astronaut for that mission puts this into a category unto itself. 

#Carpenter - SEDR 109-7, 8/15/60
$3000

This vintage NASA Space Task Group publication has been hand signed in pencil on it's cover by Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter.  In fact, this comes from his personal collection.  This book is approximately 32 pages of text and photographs detailing the flight of Liberty Bell 7.  In outstanding condition. 

#Carpenter: Liberty Bell 7 Booklet Signed
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The two 8.5" x 11" pages shown here are an origional vintage memo dated January 12, 1961 from Carl R. Huss, Retrofire Controller to Chris Craft.  As you can read it concerns the Location of the contingency recovery areas for MA-6 flight of John Glenn for which Scott Carpenter was the back up pilot.  This memorandum covered the contingency recovery locations should they become needed during orbits 4 - 18. 

This is Scott Carpenter's personal copy and he has initialed on the top right with his typical "C" as you can see in the scan. Again, I can over over state how rare these internal vintage Mercury documents are.  In wonderful condition.   

#Carpenter - MA-6 Contingency Recovery Areas
$150

This very vintage memorandum written to the Mercury Astronauts by Dr. Robert Voas, Training Officer on March 27, 1961.  Voas expresses his grave concern over the astronauts not putting in enough hours working inside the Mercury Trainers. His concerns extend to several levels and rather than not doing the content of this amazing memorandum justice, have scanned it so that you can see for yourself. I can’t say enough about this document. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Perhaps the Mercury 7’s schedules were spreading them so thin that there were not enough hours in the day to spend adequate time in the trainers. Dr. Voas even offers his services to get involved in any way possible to take measures that would free up the astronauts so that they would have more time for training activity. It is hand signed by Dr. Voas himself.

Not priced for the squeamish but this is unquestionably one of the most interesting and unique hand signed early Mercury era memorandums you are ever likely to come across. 

 #Carpenter: Dr. Voas Trainers
$795

This very vintage memorandum written by Harold Johnson, Head, MA-7 Debriefing Team dated May 2, 1962 describes in full detail all aspects of the engineering debriefing of Scott Carpenter after what they hoped would be the successful conclusion of his Aurora 7 Flight.To that end, it is broken down into four components: A. Shipboard self-debriefing of the Astronaut, B. Flight operations debriefing, C. General flight activities and information debriefing and D. Specific scientific experiment and detailed observation debriefing.

The balance of this 24 page document details every question exactly as they would be asked by the engineers in each of the above areas in order to fully and accurately debrief Astronaut Carpenter.

My guess is that an original vintage document such as this has seldom if ever surfaced for sale to the general public. It offers a great look into the many aspects of a Mercury mission that project engineers would need to assess in order to determine the mission's effectiveness and for application to benefit those flights that would follow. It’s a fascinating inside look at the flight of MA-7 from an engineer’s perspective.

#Carpenter - MA-7 Debriefing
$425

This Space Task Group Travel Voucher shown here was submitted and signed by Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and is for travel between 10/30 and 11/6/61 for purposes of "To participate in capsule and booster checkout".  As indicated he was attached to the "Astronaut Training Office" at that time.

This document is hand signed by Carpenter in his vintage style.  Seldom does one have an opportunity to obtain actual working documents containing a pioneer astronaut's authentic  vintage style signature. particularly from the early days of the Project Mercury program.

#Carpenter. Travel Voucher 1
 $225
 

This is the quintessential summary of the Mercury mission of Astroaut John Glenn hand signed in pencil on it's cover by back-up pilot Astronaut Scott Carpenter.  It is in great condition and comes from Scott's own mission files.  

#Carpenter First Orbital Results
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Letter to Scott Carpenter from Deke Slayton dated August 25, 1976. Deke is referencing a letter he recently received (also included with this lot) and expressing great concern that the Mercury and Gemini launch complexes at the Cape were being ordered for destruction due to a lack of funds to maintain them . Deke is upset and objects to these historic sites being raised.  In this letter he is passing the word on to Scott with hopes of soliciting his support. It is hand signed, “Deke”. Great content. 
 

#Carpenter. Slayton Letter
 $225 SOLD

This medallion was issued by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Americans In Orbit.  It contains medal from  Mercury Atlas launch pad 14 from where John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooper were launched. 

All four of these astronauts have boldly hand signed the sleeve this medallion is contained within.  This was NOT a part of some limited edition but rather a result of the astronauts signing a few each for each other as far as I can ascertain.  This comes in a plastic 'snap" case which is not shown in the interest of getting a decent scan of the signatures.  This unique memento comes from Scott Carpenter's personal collection. 

#Carpenter 40th Anniversary Medallion
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This is the surviving piece of on of Scott Carpenter's most vintage NASA photo ID badges.  I came across this while sifting through Scott's collection and have no idea why a portion was cut off.  Still this is an important piece of space history and still contains his signature, photo, badge # and the NASA emblem.

  iWere this badge fully intact it would be marked at several times the marked price. A chance to obtain an official early NASA photo badge of a pioneer Mercury Astronaut at a most reasonable price. This unique memento comes from Scott Carpenter's personal collection. 

#Carpenter Early NASA Photo ID Badge

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NASA photo ID issued to and used by Scott Carpenter.  Lamination is in outstanding condition and information on back has Carpenter's printed name as well as badge number.  Comes directly from the Carpenter Family Collection.  This badge has never been previously offered for sale.

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#Carpenter: NASA (Worm) Photo ID
 $SOLD

NASA photo ID issued to and used by Scott Carpenter.  Card is made of heavy credit card material with magentic strip on back.  Small clipped corner on top right which you can see in the scan.  Card is slightly soiled but should be easily cleanable if new owner so chooses.

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#Carpenter:NASA (Meatball) Photo ID
 $SOLD

NASA - JSC photo ID issued to and used by Scott Carpenter with expiration date of 10/21/2011. Card is made of heavy credit card material.  Outstanding condition.   program from the Scott Carpenter's personal archives.

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#Carpenter: JSC Photo ID
 $SOLD

This most interesting card is Scott Carpenter's Scuba Schools International - Master Diver Certification.  THe lamanation is in outstanding conditon.  Reverse side says "Master Diver" - Scuba Schools International".  Diving was a very important of Carpenter's life both on and off the job makikng this card especially significant. 

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#Carpenter: Master Diver
 $125

Scott Carpenter's Driver's License for the Cook Islands expriing in March of 1994. Indicates on reverse that he was rated for driving Motorcycles, Cars or Light Trade Vehicles.  Is in outstanding condition.   

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#Carpenter: Cook Island Driver's License
 $135

Scott Carpenter's State of Colorado Drivers License issued 2000. Any sort of photo ID carried by an astronaut is highly sought after and this was kept close to Scott for as long as it was valid.  In very good condition though hole punched I assume following it's expiration.

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#Carpenter: Colorado Driver's License
 $250

Scott Carpenter's California Driver's License expiring in May 1979.  The back indicates that he may also drive a two wheel vehicle (motorcycle).  Shows signs of having been carried in Scott's wallet as you would imagine.  Astronaut driver's licenses are quite desirable and sought after.

 #Carpenter: California Driver's Lic (1979)
$250

Scott Carpenter's California Driver's License expiring in May 1971.  The back is stamped November 20, 1968 with the California State Seal.  Scott's revised address is shown on this license. Astronaut driver's licenses are quite desirable and sought after. This is the oldest Driver's License of Scott's I currently have for sale.

 #Carpenter: California Driver's Lic (1971)
$275

Scott Carpenter was a founding member of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and worked with them continously over the years.  This is Scott's name tag as you can see in the scan.  It's a heavy weight metal tag with a magnetic clasp on it's reverse.  Scott wore this nameplate many times over the years and he has hand signed in black sharpie on the ribbon.. 

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#Carpenter: ASF Autographed Name Plate
 $SOLD

Scott Carpenter was a founding member of the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and worked with them continously over the years.  This is Scott's name tag as you can see in the scan.  It's a heavy weight metal tag with a magnetic clasp on it's reverse.  Scott wore this nameplate many times over the years and he has hand signed in black sharpie on the ribbon.. 

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#Carpenter: ASF Autographed Name Plate
 $125

This US Government Passport was issued to Scott Carpenter on Jan 13, 1986 and cancelled August 1, 1996.  It carries his photo and is hand signed using his full given name as you can see in the scan along with being loaded with stamps from his extensive traveling schedule. Astronaut passports are quite in demand these days and this belonging to one of the Mercury 7 is especially desirable. 

#Carpenter - Passport
SOLD
 

Wenoka Commemorative Diving Knife - Man in the Sea - Sealab II 1965-1985"

Made in JAPAN w/ 440-A Stainless Steel

Serial Number 1942

Includes Wooden Box. Blade never used.

OVERALL LENGTH 13"
BLADE LENGTH 7.5"

This presented to Scott Carpenter was particularly fitting in that it was produced by Wenoka to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the "Man In The Sea" (August 1965 - 1985) program.  Scott was an Sealab ll Aquanaut, spending a record 30 days in the underwater habitat at depth of 62 meters (203.4 feet) in the La Jolla Canyon off the coast of California. 

Scott was quite a knife collector being the outsdoorsman he was and this knife was maintained in his personal collection from when he received it until being offered for sale here. 

#Carpenter - Man In The Sea Knife
$595
 

This photo mounted on foam core is of Scott Carpenter's Sealab team and his hand signed in bold black sharpie by Carpenter just under his image.  This hung in Scott's home for quite a number of years until being offered for sale through his family following his passing.

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#Carpenter: Sealab Crew
 $85

Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club’s members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all accomplished by it's members.

This is Scott Carpenter's Explorers Club Membership issued for the year 2000.  It is accompanied by his Patron Medallion as you can see in the scan.  The ribbon of the medallion is hand signed by Scott as well as the card itself.  This is a great pairing of mementos from one of the foremost clubs in the world dedicated to the exploration at it's finest. 

#Carpenter: Explorers Club
 $850