The capsule built for the mission, Mercury Spacecraft No. 16, had been delivered to Cape Canaveral on January 16, 1962. The Atlas LV-3B booster assigned to the mission, N… See more

Schirra was awakened at 1:40 am ET on the morning of October 3, and after a hearty … See more

After separating from the Atlas booster, Schirra stabilized the spacecraft and slowly cartwheeled into the correct attitude; he deliberately kept the motion slow to conserve fu… See more

As the spacecraft continued towards re-entryafter the de-orbit burn, Schirra used the high-power thrusters to put the capsule in the correct orientation, noting that the attitude con… See more

The post-flight analysis reported no major malfunctions—the only troublesome anomaly being the suit temperature controls— and all the engineering objectives … See more