Sigma 7
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Sigma 7 was the callsign of the NASA Mercury spacecraft flown by astronaut Wally Schirra on the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission in 1962.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA Mercury spacecraft
ⓘ
crewed spacecraft ⓘ space mission callsign ⓘ |
| astronautFullName | Walter M. Schirra Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| callsignOf | Mercury-Atlas 8 spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandPilot | Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewNationality | American ⓘ |
| crewSize | 1 ⓘ |
| emphasis | fuel efficiency and precise control ⓘ |
| flownBy | Wally Schirra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Faith 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| landingDate | 1962-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1962-10-03 ⓘ |
| launchedBy | Atlas LV-3B launch vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 14
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Mercury-Atlas 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| missionDuration | 9 hours 13 minutes ⓘ |
| missionNumberInProgram | fifth crewed Mercury flight ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType | orbital spaceflight ⓘ |
| notableFeature | first Mercury mission focused primarily on engineering rather than pilot experiments ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA ⓘ |
| operatorAgency | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitalInclination | approximately 32.5 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitsCompleted | 6 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mercury spacecraft series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Aurora 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | engineering evaluation of spacecraft systems ⓘ |
| program | Project Mercury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recoveredBy | USS Kearsarge (CV-33) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryAndLanding | Atlantic Ocean splashdown ⓘ |
| spacecraftConfiguration | Mercury production spacecraft ⓘ |
| spacecraftOfMission | Mercury-Atlas 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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