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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.
Jun 18, 2024 · On Oct. 3, 1962, astronaut Walter M. “Wally” Schirra completed America’s third and then-longest orbital spaceflight during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. Naming his spacecraft Sigma 7, Schirra completed six orbits of the Earth, conducting engineering tests of his spacecraft and several experiments including photography of the planet.
The interview with Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronaut Wally Schirra is from NASA’s oral history program at the Johnson Space Center.
Jun 6, 2024 · Wally Schirra was a U.S. astronaut who flew the Mercury Sigma 7 flight (1962) and was command pilot of Gemini 6 (1965), which made the first space rendezvous. He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of the early U.S. crewed spaceflight programs—Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
May 4, 2007 · Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA’s earliest manned space programs — Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.
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.
Jun 18, 2024 · Astronaut Walter M. “Wally” Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-8 (Mercury-Atlas) mission with Sigma 7 spacecraft was the third marned orbital flight by the United States, and made the six orbits in 9-1/4 hours.
Oct 3, 2022 · On Oct. 3, 1962, astronaut Walter M. “Wally” Schirra completed America’s third and then-longest orbital spaceflight during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. Naming his spacecraft Sigma 7, Schirra completed six orbits of the Earth, conducting engineering tests of his spacecraft and several experiments including photography of the planet.
Wally Schirra wasn’t much of a space man. True, he was the only one of the Mercury Seven to fly in all three of NASA’s early spacecraft—Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6, and Apollo 7.
May 4, 2007 · Wally Schirra, one of the original astronauts in the Mercury 7 project, died Thursday at age 84, NASA officials said.
