
Wally Schirra
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 18 years ago |
Date of birth | March 12,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Hackensack |
New Jersey | |
United States | |
Date of died | May 3,2007 |
Died | La Jolla |
California | |
United States | |
Space missions | Apollo 7, Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A |
Apollo 7 | |
Gemini 6A | |
Mercury-Atlas 8 | |
Spouse | Josephine Fraser |
Children | Suzanne Schirra |
Walter Marty Schirra III | |
Job | Astronaut |
Actor | |
United States Naval Aviator | |
Education | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Dwight Morrow High School | |
USNTPS | |
United States Naval Academy | |
Space time | 12d 7h 15m |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 529854 |
Wally Schirra Life story
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 human beings into space.