<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>: American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Carpenter" id="mwAQs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Scott Carpenter">Scott Carpenter</a> orbits the Earth three times in the <i id="mwAQw"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_7" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aurora 7">Aurora 7</a></i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_capsule" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Space capsule">space capsule</a>.