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Grand Complication (bonus)·Put in order

Put these Project Mercury flights in order by launch date, earliest first.

Correct order

  1. 1Friendship 7: John Glenn
  2. 2Aurora 7: Scott Carpenter
  3. 3Sigma 7: Wally Schirra
  4. 4Faith 7: Gordon Cooper

The story behind it

Mercury flew before NASA had qualified any watch; formal chronograph testing only began in 1964. Schirra's CK2998 on Sigma 7 (October 1962) came from his own collection and was the first Omega in space. The Speedmaster's first flight as a NASA-qualified instrument was Gemini 3 on 23 March 1965, when Grissom and Young wore the ST 105.003. The Moonwatch's space record therefore starts two and a half years before NASA chose it.

From NO QUARTZ Ref. NQ0003, the puzzle for Sept 25, 2026. It was that day's Grand Complication, a harder bonus question for players who scored 80 or more.

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