Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 8

Atlas LV-3B | Mercury-Atlas 8

Space Launch Complex 14
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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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.

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Mercury No.16


Serial 16

Launch Crew Count 1

Status Single Use

Landing Time 1962-10-03T21:28:00+0000


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Crew

Wally Schirra

Pilot

Nationality American

Date Of Birth 1923-03-12

Deceased 2007-05-03

Status Deceased

Type Government


Atlas LV-3B


Height 28.70 Meters

Max Stages 1

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 1300 kN

Diameter 3.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 1360 kg

Liftoff Mass 120 Tonnes


Launch Success 7

Consecutive Success 6

Maiden Flight 1960-07-29

Launch Failures 3


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Mercury

Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.

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