Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8 / Sigma 7), NASA’s third crewed orbital flight, carried astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra on a six-orbit, nine-hour engineering mission from Cape Canaveral LC-14; he splashed down successfully in the Pacific near the recovery carrier.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T (est.)
- Flight
- 6th
- of 7 Atlas LV-3B flights
- Date and time
- 3 October 1962, 12:15 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas LV-3B
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1962-052
- Launches in 1962
- 59th of 81
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