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Mercury-Atlas 8 Launch (Sigma 7)

Astronaut Wally Schirra is strapped into the Sigma 7 capsule, preparing for launch as mission control monitors the countdown and weather conditions. The moment is charged with anticipation as the United States pushes forward in the Space Race.

Year 1962
Date 10/3
Location Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States
Layer 2
Visibility PUBLIC
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Key Figures

Wally Schirra Flight Director Capsule Communicator Launch Technician
Time Travel

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1969 · same location
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
1969 · same location
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Launch of Explorer 1
1958 · same location
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Launch of Telstar 1
1962 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7)
1962 · same location
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Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
1986 · same location
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Vanguard TV3 Launch Attempt
1957 · same location
Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion
Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion
1970 · same location
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Apollo 7 Launch
1968 · same location
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same location
A
Apollo 1 Fire
1967 · same location
Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion
Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion
1970 · same location
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
1969 · same era
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
Minsky & Papert Publish "Perceptrons"
1969 · precedes
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
1956 · same era
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence
1956 · follows
Apollo 12 Lightning Launch
Apollo 12 Lightning Launch
1969 · same era
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
1969 · same era
A
Apollo 11 Launch
1969 · same era
Apollo 12 Launch
Apollo 12 Launch
1969 · same era
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Launch of Explorer 1
1958 · same era
L
Launch of Telstar 1
1962 · same era
A
Apollo 7 Launch
1968 · same era
A
Apollo 8 Launch
1968 · same era
A
Apollo 13 Launch
1970 · same era
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Release of the Regency TR-1 transistor radio
1954 · same era
I
Invention of the planar process by Jean Hoerni
1959 · same era
A
Apollo 11 Moon Landing
1969 · same era
Apollo 8 Launch
Apollo 8 Launch
1968 · same era
Apollo 10 Launch
Apollo 10 Launch
1969 · same era
Apollo 7
Apollo 7
1968 · same era
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First integrated circuit
1958 · same era
A
Apollo 11 Crew Press Conference
1969 · same era
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Apollo 8 launch
1968 · same era
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Outer Space Treaty Signing
1967 · same era