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Astronaut Walter Wally M. Schirra Jr. being inserted into his Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, which he nicknamed Sigma 7.

1. Photograph of astronaut Wally Schirra being inserted into Sigma 7

Identifier:: am2862_moore_1159
Title:: Photograph of astronaut Wally Schirra being inserted into Sigma 7
Date:: 1962-10-03
Publisher:: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Subject Personal:: Schirra, Wally
Subject Topical:: Astronauts--United States, Outer space--Exploration, and Astronauts
Subject Corporate:: Project Mercury (U.S.) and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)

Four images of the landing and recovery of Sigma 7 in the Pacific Ocean.

2. Photograph of the Sigma 7 recovery

Identifier:: am2862_moore_1160
Title:: Photograph of the Sigma 7 recovery
Date:: 1962-10-03
Publisher:: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Subject Personal:: Schirra, Wally
Subject Topical:: Outer space--Exploration
Subject Corporate:: Project Mercury (U.S.) and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. who was the backup pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) mission.

3. Photograph of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.

Identifier:: am2862_moore_1162
Title:: Photograph of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
Date:: 1962-10-03
Publisher:: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Subject Personal:: Cooper, Gordon, 1927-2004
Subject Topical:: Astronauts--United States and Astronauts
Subject Corporate:: Project Mercury (U.S.) and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Liftoff of the Sigma 7 from Cape Canaveral.

4. Photograph of the Sigma 7 liftoff

Identifier:: am2862_moore_1161
Title:: Photograph of the Sigma 7 liftoff
Date:: 1962-10-03
Publisher:: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Subject Personal:: Schirra, Wally
Subject Topical:: Outer space--Exploration
Subject Corporate:: Project Mercury (U.S.) and United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Location:: Cape Canaveral (Fla.)