Wally Schirra

Walter Marty Schirra Jr. 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. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7, becoming the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. In December 1965, as part of the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous, station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot (30 cm) of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft. In October 1968, he commanded Apollo 7, an 11-day low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-man Apollo Command/Service Module and the first crewed launch for the Apollo program.

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1923 — 2007 Website, Wikimedia, Wikidata
Walter 'Wally' Marty Schirra, Jr.; Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.
astronaut, businessperson, test pilot, United States Naval Aviator, military flight engineer, autobiographer, International Space Hall of Fame, New Jersey Hall of Fame, NASA Exceptional Service Medal, Harmon Trophy, Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, National Aviation Hall of Fame, Mercury Seven, Emmy Award, United States,

Dong Fang Hong 2, Mercury Seven,

Obalky knih.cz page^@

Mercury-Atlas 8 ⓘ
crewed spacecraft
Gemini 6A ⓘ
1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program
Apollo 7 ⓘ
first crewed flight of the United States Apollo program

United States, Gemini 6A, Mercury-Atlas 8, Dong Fang Hong 2, Mercury Seven, Apollo 7,

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1962 Mercury-Atlas 8

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1965 Gemini 6A

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1968 Apollo 7

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Mercury-Redstone booster at MSFC with officials (cropped)

Wally Shirra, page 14 of Wellcome News Wellcome L0071924

Delivery of McDonnell F3H-2 Demon flighters

Mercury 7 Astronauts Examine Their Couches

Wally Schirra in 1960

Delivery of McDonnell F3H-2 Demon flighters

Mercury-Redstone booster at MSFC with officials

Wally Schirra 1962 portrait

Wally Schirra during training before Mercury-Atlas 8 mission

Walter Schirra

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	spaceflight	1962	Mercury-Atlas 8	human spaceflight, crewed spacecraft	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1965	Gemini 6A	human spaceflight, Gemini spacecraft	Wikidata
event	spaceflight	1968	Apollo 7	human spaceflight	Wikidata
link	page		Obalky knih.cz page^@		Wikidata
commons	image		Mercury-Redstone booster at MSFC with officials (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Wally Shirra, page 14 of Wellcome News Wellcome L0071924		Commons
commons	image		Delivery of McDonnell F3H-2 Demon flighters		Commons
commons	image		Mercury 7 Astronauts Examine Their Couches		Commons
commons	image		Wally Schirra in 1960		Commons
commons	image		Delivery of McDonnell F3H-2 Demon flighters		Commons
commons	image		Mercury-Redstone booster at MSFC with officials		Commons
commons	image		Wally Schirra 1962 portrait		Commons
commons	image		Wally Schirra during training before Mercury-Atlas 8 mission		Commons
commons	image		Walter Schirra		Commons

Wally Schirra

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