Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (August 15, 1947–April 5, 1991) was an American physician, Naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. He was scheduled to fly on STS-42 at the time of his death in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 in Brunswick, Georgia while on a commercial airplane traveling for NASA. Carter was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of former Senator John Tower of Texas.
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Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. (August 15, 1947–April 5, 1991) was an American physician, Naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33. He was scheduled to fly on STS-42 at the time of his death in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 in Brunswick, Georgia while on a commercial airplane traveling for NASA. Carter was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of former Senator John Tower of Texas.
Sonny Carter was born in Macon, Georgia, and graduated from Lanier High School in Macon in 1965. He received a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Emory University, in 1969 and a doctor of medicine degree from there in 1973. In addition to his careers in both the Navy and with NASA, Carter was a professional soccer player from 1970 to 1973 with the Atlanta Chiefs of the NASL.
After completing medical school in 1973, Carter completed internship in internal medicine at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. In 1974, he entered the Navy and completed flight...
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