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Sigma 7

Mission Number: MA-8 3 October 1962

Crew:
    Walter M. Schirra, Jr. [1]

Backup:
    L. Gordon Cooper, Jr.

Launch:
    Pad: LC 14
    Date: 3 October 1962
    Time: 12:15:11 UTC

Flight:
    Orbits: 6
    Duration: 9 hours, 13, minutes, 11 seconds
    Distance: 143,983 statute miles
    Velocity: 17,558 mph

Recovery:
    Location: Pacific Ocean, 275 miles NE Midway Island
    Vessel: USS Kearsarge (CVS-33)
    Date: 3 October 1962
    Time: 21:28:22 UTC

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(Credit: NASA, click to enlarge)
Launch of MA-8

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(Credit: US Navy, click to enlarge)
Sigma 7 being towed towards the USS Kearsarge for pickup

The Sigma 7 capsule is located at the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, FL.