Wally Schirra
Astronaut
1923 – 2007
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Who was Wally Schirra?
Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. was an American test pilot, United States Navy officer, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's effort to put humans in space. He is the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs. He logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space.
Schirra was the fifth American and the ninth human to ride a rocket into space. He was the first person to go into space three times.
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- Born
- Mar 12, 1923
Hackensack - Also known as
- Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Josephine Fraser
(1946/02/23 - 2007/05/03)
- Josephine Fraser
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
( - 1941) - United States Naval Academy
- Dwight Morrow High School
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- Hackensack
- Died
- May 3, 2007
Rancho Santa Fe
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on July 23, 2013
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