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Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( / ʃɜːrˈɑː /, March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put humans into space.
Oct 11, 2018 · After 20 months of congressional hearings, political fallout and a spacecraft redesign, three new astronauts prepared for a mission dubbed Apollo 7: Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter...
Jun 18, 2024 · Wally Schirra, the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs, has died. He was 84 years old. “With the passing of Wally Schirra, we at NASA note with sorrow the loss of yet another of the pioneers of human spaceflight,” NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said.
Jun 6, 2024 · Wally Schirra (born March 12, 1923, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.—died May 3, 2007, La Jolla, California) was a U.S. astronaut who flew the Mercury Sigma 7 (1962) and was command pilot of Gemini 6 (1965), which made the first rendezvous in space.
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May 4, 2007 · Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA’s earliest manned space programs — Mercury, Gemini and Apollo — died yesterday...
The interview with Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronaut Wally Schirra is from NASA’s oral history program at the Johnson Space Center.
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Oct 16, 2018 · Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, was the only one of them to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.
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