Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7
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Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 was the crewed capsule flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on NASA’s Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, a 1962 Earth-orbital flight focused on engineering tests and spacecraft performance.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Mercury spacecraft ⓘ |
| attitudeControl | reaction control system ⓘ |
| callsign | Sigma 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationSystem | VHF radio ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewCompartment | pressurized ⓘ |
| crewMember | Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSeat | single couch for pilot ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| escapeSystem | launch escape tower ⓘ |
| followedBy | Mercury spacecraft Faith 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial guidance and ground-based tracking ⓘ |
| heatShield | ablative heat shield ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1962-10-03 ⓘ |
| landingSite | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1962-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 1,400 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Atlas LV-3B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lifeSupport | environmental control system ⓘ |
| manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mission | Mercury-Atlas 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 9 hours 13 minutes ⓘ |
| missionFocus |
fuel management tests
ⓘ
spacecraft systems reliability ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType | Earth-orbital flight ⓘ |
| notableFeature | emphasis on precise fuel and attitude control ⓘ |
| numberOfOrbits | 6 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| powerSource | batteries ⓘ |
| precededBy | Mercury spacecraft Aurora 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
engineering tests
ⓘ
spacecraft performance evaluation ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveryShip | USS Kearsarge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryMethod | ballistic reentry ⓘ |
| spacecraftSeries | Mercury spacecraft series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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