Mercury-Atlas 6 carrying Sigma 7 spacecraft carried astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. to orbit where he completed 6 orbits lasting a total of 9 hours and 13 minutes. The mission goal was to compete engineering tests and all objectives were met. October 3, 1962 at 12:15 UTC · Launch Successful Atlas LV-3B — National Aeronautics and Space Administration, to Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 14, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Crew: Wally Schirra The world's 202nd orbital launch attempt, and 60th of 1962. Program: Mercury Data: Launch Library 2, The Space Devs. Mission patch: via The Space Devs.