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Horizon photo of Western horizon over South America - sixth orbit pass
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Horizon photo of Western horizon over South America - sixth orbit pass

NASA / JSC · 1962-10-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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S62-06607 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Western horizon over South America taken during the sixth orbit pass of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. with a hand-held camera.

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Credit lineHorizon photo of Western horizon over South America - sixth orbit pass. NASA/JSC, 1962-10-03. Public domain. ID: s62-06607.
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