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   Photo ID:

   62-MA8-146   


   Program:

   Mercury   


   Mission:

   Mercury VIII


   Date Taken:

   1962-10-05


   Film Type:

   8x10

Title:
Astronaut Walter Schirra is assisted into his Sigma 7 spacecraft
Description:
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) earth orbital space flight, is assisted by back-up pilot L. Gordon Cooper and NASA engineers into his Sigma 7 spacecraft for the begining of the MA-8 mission.
Subject Terms:
ASTRONAUTS CREW PROCEDURES (PREFLIGHT) FACILITIES INSERTION LAUNCHING PADS LAUNCHING SITES MERCURY MA-8 FLIGHT MERCURY PROJECT
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