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Sigma 7 Mercury-Atlas Launch, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth US manned space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation. This was the longest U.S. manned orbital flight yet achieved in the Space Race, though well behind the several-day record set by the Soviet Vostok 3 earlier in the year. It confirmed the Mercury spacecraft's durability ahead of the one-day Mercury-Atlas 9 mission that followed in 1963.

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Titre: Sigma 7 Mercury-Atlas Launch, 1962

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Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) was the fifth US manned space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a nine-hour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation. This was the longest U.S. manned orbital flight yet achieved in the Space Race, though well behind the several-day record set by the Soviet Vostok 3 earlier in the year. It confirmed the Mercury spacecraft's durability ahead of the one-day Mercury-Atlas 9 mission that followed in 1963.

Crédit: Album / NASA/Science Source

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Taille de l'image: 3349 × 4200 px | 40.2 MB

Taille d'impression: 28.4 × 35.6 cm | 1318.5 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: AMÉRICAIN • ANNEES 1960 • ANNÉES 60 • ANNEES SOIXANTE • BATEAU A MOTEUR • CÉLÈBRE • CELEBRITE • ENVOL • ÉVÉNEMENT • EXPLORATION SPATIALE • LANCEMENT (FUSEE) • NASA • RECHERCHE • TECHNOLOGIE • VAISSEAU SPATIAL • XXE SIECLE