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You searched for: Date 1962-10-03 Remove constraint Date: 1962-10-03 Language English Remove constraint Language: English Publisher West Virginia & Regional History Center Remove constraint Publisher: West Virginia & Regional History Center Source A&M 2862, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. papers, West Virginia & Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries Remove constraint Source: A&M 2862, Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. papers, West Virginia & Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries

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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.)