1962 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mercury-Atlas 8
successAtlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 8
Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying Sigma 7 spacecraft carried astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. to orbit where he completed 6 orbits lasting a total of 9 hours and 13 minutes. The mission goal was to compete engineering tests and all objectives were met.
Overview
- Date / time
- October 3, 1962 at 12:15 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14
- Mission
- Mercury-Atlas 8
- Mission type
- Human Exploration
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit