Spacelog Mercury 8

Mercury 8

Okay, I'll read them out the way I see them instead of the way the SEDR (Service Engineering Department Report) boys do it. I'm getting the old fireflies again. I guess John is relieved. I haven't been looking for them—they're just there.

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  1. Phase 1: Launch
  2. Phase 2: First orbit
  3. Phase 3: Second orbit
  4. Phase 4: Third orbit
  5. Phase 5: Fourth orbit
  6. Phase 6: Fifth orbit
  7. Phase 7: Sixth orbit
  8. Phase 8: Reentry & splashdown