Ebook: First US Manned Six-Pass Orbital Mission (Mercury-Atlas 8, Spacecraft 16)

The results and analyses of the third U.S. manned orbital mission are presented. The mission was accomplished October 3 , 1962, as a phase of Project Mercury. Spacecraft and launch-vehicle descriptions , mission operations, and postflight analyses are included . Particular treatment is given to the investigations of spacecraft systems performance and aeromedical analyses of the pilot.