Mercury-Atlas 8
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| Launch date | October 3, 1962 |
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| Landing date | October 3, 1962 |
| Spacecraft | Mercury |
| Members | Wally Schirra |
| SATCAT no. | 433 |
| Apogee altitude | 285 kilometers (154 nmi) |
| Dates | 1962-10-03 00:00:00 |
| Rocket | Atlas LV-3B |
| Launch mass | 1,964 kilograms |
| Orbit complet | 6 |
| Mission durat | 2022-01-15 09:13:15 |
| Crew size | 1 |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2486790 |
About Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation.
