MA-8 (25)

Sigma 7

Pad LC-14 ()

Atlas (8)

Crew:

Walter M. Schirra, Jr.

Backup Crew:

Milestones:

Payload:

Spacecraft No. 16, Launch Vehicle 113-D

Mission Objective:

Man-machine in orbit for 9 hours

Launch:

October 3, 1962

Orbit:

Altitude: 175.8 by 100 statute miles

Orbits: 6

Period: 88min 55sec

Duration: 0 Days, 9 hours, 13 min, 11 seconds

Distance: 143,983 statute miles

Velocity: 17,558

Max Q: 964

Max G: 8.1

Landing:

Mission Highlights:

Mission successful. Total time weightless 8 hours 56min 22 sec.

(Reference NASA SP-12 - Results of the Third US Manned Orbital Space Flight)

(Reference NASA SP-4201 - This New Ocean)

(Reference NASA SP-4001 - Project Mercury: A Chronology)

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