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Mercury-Atlas 8: Portrait of Walter Schirra

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-mer08-10001

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 25 cm

Astronaut Walter M. `Wally` Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-8 (Mercury-Atlas) mission with Sigma 7 spacecraft was the third manned orbital flight by the United States, and made the six orbits in 9-1/4 hours. 1962.

Keywords for this photo:

1962 - ASTRONAUT - BLACK AND WHITE - HELMET - HUMAN - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MERCURY - MERCURY-ATLAS 8 - MODEL - SCHIRRA WALTER - SPACE SUIT - SYGMA-7 -