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Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 8 was a crewed flight launched on October 3, 1962 aboard a Atlas D from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Crew of 1: Wally Schirra.
United Statescrew 11962 B DEL
Wally Schirra United States · 3 flightsFlight
- Mission
- Mercury-Atlas 8
- Spacecraft (GCAT)
- Sigma Seven
- Launch
- October 3, 1962 · 12:15 UTC
- Landing
- October 3, 1962
- Duration (Wikidata)
- 0.4 days
- Country
- United States
- Designator
- 1962 B DEL 1
- Vehicle fate
- Landed · Oct 3, 1962
Launch vehicle
- Launch record
- 1962 B DEL
- Rocket
- Atlas D
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC14
- Outcome
- Success
- Initial orbit
- — × 286 km
Vehicle and launch: GCAT (CC BY 4.0). Mission name, crew, landing and duration: Wikidata Q498689 (CC0).