launched fromUSA

Mercury-Atlas 8

Name: Mercury-Atlas 8
Start: 1962-10-03T12:15:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

OCT 03196212:15:00 UTC

Carried Walter M. Schirra, Jr. into orbit.

LIFTOFF

OCT 03 1962

12:15:00 UTC

Success

launched fromLC-14Canaveral

aboardAtlas D113DintoLEO

Payload

Manned spacecraft

Crew member