<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Project Mercury">Project Mercury</a>: US astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_Schirra" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wally Schirra">Wally Schirra</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-Atlas_8" id="mwrg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercury-Atlas 8">Sigma 7</a>, is launched from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cape Canaveral Space Force Station">Cape Canaveral</a> for a six-orbit flight.