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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...
- test on
January 27, 1967. The Apollo 7 crew was
commanded by
Walter M.
Schirra, with
command module pilot Donn F.
Eisele and
lunar module pilot R. Walter...
- 1959:
Scott Carpenter,
Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom,
Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. The
Mercury Seven created a new profession...
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including John
Glenn of the
United States Marine Corps, Alan Shepard,
Walter Schirra and
Scott Carpenter of the
United States Navy, as well as Cooper, Grissom...
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which Wally Schirra held the
title of a
Grand Potentate.
During Schirra's Mercury flight Deke
Slayton had
radioed up to
Schirra asking Schirra if he was...
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States spaceflight in NASA's
Gemini program. The mission,
flown by
Wally Schirra and
Thomas P. Stafford,
achieved the
first crewed rendezvous with another...
- Kurt
Schirra (13
September 1931 – 17 May 1983) was a
German boxer. He
competed in the men's
featherweight event at the 1952
Summer Olympics, representing...
- USNS
Wally Schirra (T-AKE-8) is a
Lewis and Clark-class dry
cargo ship of the
United States Navy,
named in
honor of
Captain Wally Schirra (1923–2007),...
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crewed space mission, part of NASA's
Mercury program.
Astronaut Walter M.
Schirra Jr.,
orbited the
Earth six
times in the
Sigma 7
spacecraft on
October 3...
- Karl
Schirra (16
October 1928 – 12
September 2010) was a
German footballer who pla**** for
Borussia Neunkirchen, 1. FC Saarbrücken and the
Saarland national...
