Legacy
Having died in the line of duty for NASA, Carter's name was added to the Space Mirror Memorial at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. His name was the first added after the memorial's original construction.
After his death, his name was given to the Sonny Carter Training Facility Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, NASA's underwater astronaut training facility, for which he had developed training techniques.
Sonny Carter Elementary School in Macon, Georgia, which opened in 1993, was named for Carter. The school motto is: "To Challenge the Edge of the Universe."
In 1989, the school inducted him in its Athletic Hall of Fame. The university holds The Sonny Carter Invitational each year in his honor.
A plaque also honors his memory in the library of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at Emory University, in which he was a Brother.
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