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Scott Carpenter

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Scott Carpenter is up for review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Scott Carpenter/archive1. He was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts chosen in 1959, back when American rockets always blew up. He was the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth and the fourth American to fly in space, after Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and John Glenn. His name was once a household word, but the glory days of the American space program are now but a distant memory. If anybody from the project could drop by with a review, that would be greatly appreciated. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:08, 7 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Congratulations on getting it promoted! Carpenter is my favorite Mercurian. --Neopeius (talk) 19:02, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Carpenter was once asked who he would choose to fly to the Moon with. He said: "Gus Grissom and John Glenn" Why them? "Because I would like to make it back again." Hawkeye7 (discuss) 20:24, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't get it... --Neopeius (talk) 02:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Carpenter's favourite Mercurians. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:28, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Launch/Landing Time Format

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I'd like to propose an addition to our Style Guide on Dates and times:

* Local time (and date, if different) may optionally be included in parentheses after the UTC time for added context on launch or landing events only.

This has become the defacto standard across many pages, and a template has been created that uses this format, so if there's no opposition, I'd like to get it codified into the style guide. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 22:16, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing no objection, I will make this change. RickyCourtney (talk) 14:31, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a good addition. My only discussion (and this is very nitpicky) would be on the "only" at the end. I can't think of any specific examples off the top of my head, but if we removed "only" the emphasis would still be on launch and landing events without "forbidding" users from adding local times for something else if needed.
Link to the style guide Alpacaaviator (talk) 13:46, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Launches and landings are events that take place in a time zone on Earth, and MOS:TIMEZONE gives "priority to the place at which the event had its most significant effects." Previous editors have suggested using local time for Earth-based events (e.g., launches and landings) and UTC for events in space, which is aligned with the MoS.
The Manual of Style has precedence, and "participants in a WikiProject cannot decide that some generally accepted policy or guideline does not apply to articles within its scope." A discussion at the MoS talk page may help with input from a broader selection of editors. Redraiderengineer (talk) 22:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion started at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style#Dates and times on Spaceflight articles. -- RickyCourtney (talk) 22:48, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:SDG18 for Space Sustainability#Requested move 19 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 19:15, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:IM-1#Requested move 9 March 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPathtalk 13:02, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § Space tourists: "crew" or "passengers". Sdkbtalk 17:50, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]