The Mercury/Atlas MA-8 was launched from Complex 14, AMR at 0715:11 EST on 3 October 1962. The Atlas Missile 113D served as the launch vehicle for the Mercury Spacecraft. The primary objective of the flight was to place a Mercury Spacecraft, containing an astronaut, into a prescribed orbit around the earth. The spacecraft completed six orbits and landed in the primary recovery area. The spacecraft with Astronaut still aboard was retrieved by aircraft carrier about 40 minutes after landing. (Author)
Mercury Launch Vehicle Working Group. Flight Test Report. Mercury/Atlas MA-8 (Atlas Missile 113D)
1962
68 pages
Report
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English
Manned Spacecraft , Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Launch vehicles , Manned spacecraft , Performance(Engineering) , Booster rockets , Sustainer engines , Orbits , Landing , Recovery , Telemeter systems , Flight control systems , Propellant control , Space crews , Atlas launch vehicles , Mercury project , Missile modification
Atlas missile flight safety system for project mercury
Engineering Index Backfile | 1961
|Mercury/Atlas MA-5 (Atlas Missile 93D)
NTIS | 1961