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Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (12 de marzo de 1923-3 de mayo de 2007) fue un piloto de la Marina de los Estados Unidos y astronauta de los programas Mercury, Gemini y Apolo. Pasó un total de 295 horas y 15 minutos en el espacio.
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (/ ʃ ɜːr ˈ ɑː /, 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.
19 de oct. de 2023 · 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.
Astronauta estadounidense que participó en el programa aeroespacial Mercurio, el Géminis y el Apolo. Fue piloto de pruebas y experto en misiles, y luego seleccionado para el Apolo, el primer proyecto de llevar al hombre a la Luna. Conoce su trayectoria, sus logros y sus frases célebres.
27 de jul. de 2023 · 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.
3 de oct. de 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.
30 de abr. de 2024 · Wally Schirra, 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.
