NASA Photo ID: S62-05529 File Name: 10073699.jpg Film Type: 4x5 cn Date Taken: 09/25/62 Title: Launch of the Mercury-Atlas 7 mission Description: The Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7), carrying Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, was launched by NASA from Pad 14, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on May 24, 1962.