Walter Marty Schirra Jr. (/ʃɜːˈrɑː/ shur-AH; March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became...

Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and Lunar Module pilot R. Walter Cunningham (so designated even...

States 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...

American science fiction writer Walter Bishop Jr., an American jazz pianist Wally Schirra (full name Walter Marty Schirra Jr.), an American naval aviator...

James S. Russell (2 awards) John H. Russell Jr. Billy C. Sanders Walter M. Schirra Harry Schmidt (3 awards) Terry D. Scott David F. Sellers Benedict...

States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another...

1959: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. The Mercury Seven created a new profession...

pad killed Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee on January 27, 1967. Walter M. Schirra Jr. also began his NASA career in 1959. He was selected in October...

Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. However, AS-205 was later deemed unnecessary and officially canceled on December 22, 1966. Schirra's crew...

Gemini 6 launch abort in December 1965, when he and command pilot Wally Schirra nearly ejected from the spacecraft: So it turns out what we would have...