Editing Sonny Carter (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Space Mirror Memorial Sonny Carter.JPG|thumb|right|Space Mirror Memorial Sonny Carter]]
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.

In 1989, Emory University inducted him in its Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>[http://www.emory.edu/EMORY_MAGAZINE/winter97/alumnimsg.html#anchor1385195 Honoring the true student athlete], ''Emory Magazine'', Emory University, Winter 1997.</ref>  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]] [[college fraternity|fraternity]] house at Emory, in which he was a Brother.

[[File:20-02-034-aviation.jpg|thumb|right|Plaque of Carter at the [[Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame]]]]

In 1992 he was inducted into the [[Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Manley L. "Sonny" Carter Jr.|url=http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com/Hall-of-Fame.48.0.html?avid=24|access-date=October 9, 2018|website=Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame|archive-date=June 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602001727/http://www.gaaviationhalloffame.com/Hall-of-Fame.48.0.html?avid=24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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."

The Society of United States Naval Flight Surgeons (SUSNFS) bestows an annual "Sonny Carter Memorial Award" to the nominee with the most significant contribution to the health, safety and welfare of the operational forces by promoting communication and teamwork amongst the aeromedical community.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonny Carter Memorial Award SUSNFS|url=http://www.susnfs.org/SUSNFS/awards.htm}}</ref>