Documentary about the MercuryAtlas 8 mission, entirely based on historical narration, mission audio and footage. The full mission is covered, showing crew, training, launch, orbit reentry and splashdown.

MercuryAtlas 8 was the fifth United States crewed space mission, part of NASA's Mercury program. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., orbited the Earth six times in the Sigma 7 spacecraft on October 3, 1962, in a ninehour flight focused mainly on technical evaluation rather than on scientific experimentation.
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CHAPTERS

00:00 Crew and Objectives
01:36 Mission Training
05:16 Hardware
06:17 Launch Preparations
10:33 MercuryAtlas 8 Launch
15:57 Orbit 1
19:32 Orbit 2
22:29 Orbit 3
22:51 Orbit 4
24:06 Orbit 5
26:22 Orbit 6
32:18 Splashdown
39:37 Recovery
42:47 Mission Results

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The footage was AI upscaled (Topaz AI) on some segments, besides the usual color correction. Ambient audio was recreated based on historical elements. Sequences are shown in proper mission context as much as possible.

Historical narration (from mission commentary, NASA documentaries and progress reports, and TV and radio broadcasts sourced from LM5 are used in an attempt to capture the feeling of the times. Language and attitudes should be seen in that context.

Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.

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