Wally Schirra





Full Name: Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.
Birthdate: March 12, 1923 - Hackensack, New Jersey
Death: May 3, 2007 - San Diego, California
Education: Bachelor of Science - United States Naval Academy
Military Service: Captain, United States Navy
Selection: NASA Group 1 (1959)




Mercury-Atlas 8 Gemini VI-A Apollo 7
Sigma 7 - -
October 3, 1962 December 15-16, 1965 October 11-22, 1968








Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly missions in the
Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs




Wally Schirra climbs into his Sigma 7 spacecraft prior to the launch
of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission
Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford sit inside their Gemini spacecraft
before the launch of the Gemini VI-A mission
Wally Schirra during the Apollo 7 mission



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