“Mercury Orbit Chart MOC-4," color Earth map, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, June 1962, 8½ by 33 inches. Signed chart plotting all six orbits of Wally Schirra's MA-8 Sigma 7 space flight. Schirra has inscribed at the lower margin: “The six orbits of Sigma Seven - Wally Schirra” and, below the California tracking station: “’I am really happy with this bird,’ CAL, Orbit #2, Wally Schirra.” He has also added the date and time of his launch at the Cape Canaveral area: “7:15 am, 3 Oct '62” and his flight time: “9 hr 13m” at the splashdown bull's eye just northeast of Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
“Mercury Orbit Chart MOC-4," color Earth map, Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, June 1962, 8½ by 33 inches. Signed chart plotting all six orbits of Wally Schirra's MA-8 Sigma 7 space flight. Schirra has inscribed at the lower margin: “The six orbits of Sigma Seven - Wally Schirra” and, below the California tracking station: “’I am really happy with this bird,’ CAL, Orbit #2, Wally Schirra.” He has also added the date and time of his launch at the Cape Canaveral area: “7:15 am, 3 Oct '62” and his flight time: “9 hr 13m” at the splashdown bull's eye just northeast of Midway Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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