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9 de may. de 2024 · Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr. was one of the first seven NASA astronauts named in April 1959. He was the only astronaut to have flown to space on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft, logging a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. Learn More The prime crew of ...
3 de oct. de 2022 · Article. 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.
1 de dic. de 1998 · I hear the jets flying by. Schirra: We have a minute between that. It’s a pass every minute. Neal: You know, hearing all those jets flying by reminds me, Wally—I think we’re rolling now. And if we’re not, we should be because I’m going to say: You essentially came from a flying family.
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr., was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on March 12, 1923, son of Walter M. and Florence (Leach) Schirra. He attended Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey and Newark (New Jersey) College of Engineering, for one year, prior to entering the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment from the Seventh District of his native state in 1942.
Walter Schirra, Jr. was one of the original seven U.S. astronauts and the only astronaut to fly in all of America’s first three manned space programs; Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey on March 12, 1923, he had “aviation in his blood.”. His father was a World War I fighter pilot and both his parents were ...
8 de abr. de 2019 · Remembering Wally. Capt. Walter M. Schirra Jr. was best known to the public as the fun-loving prankster of The Right Stuff, and when he died on May 3, 2007 many began to realize that he was the ...
What better way to celebrate our 50 th anniversaries than by honoring a true American hero and pioneer in space, Walter "Wally" M. Schirra, Jr. Wally Schirra was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts (America's first effort to put men in space).
