University of Colorado at Â鶹¹ÙÍø alum-astronaut Scott Carpenter will be on campus on Friday, Jan. 31, to talk about his new book, "For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut." The free talk and book signing will be held in the Old Main Chapel at 5:30 p.m. and is open to the public. Carpenter, the second astronaut to orbit the Earth, grew up in Â鶹¹ÙÍø and became one of seven Project Mercury astronauts to take part in America's pioneering space program in the 1960s.