After the Excitement ... Cocoa Beach, Florida Their father Astronaut Scott Carpenter has been launched into space orbited the earth three times lost to the world for 45 minutes and finally picked up by the aircraft carrier Intrepid And these are the expressions on the faces of the Carpenter children after the most exciting day of their lives They are Kristen Elaine 6 ( upper left ) Candace Noxon 5 ( upper right ) Mark Scott 12 ( lower left ) and Robyn Jay 10 ( lower right ) June 1st 1962