Astronaut Wally Schirra

Astronaut Wally Schirra

Astronaut Wally Schirra

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Schirra, Walter M. (Walter Marty), 1923-2007

Astronauts--United States

Wally Schirra (1923-2007) was the only astronaut to fly on Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft. A Mercury Seven astronaut, Schirra flew on Sigma 7 (also known as Mercury-Atlas 8), Gemini 6A as Command Pilot with Thomas Stafford as Pilot, and Earth orbital Apollo 7 as Mission Commander for the first manned Apollo mission. Schirra was the fifth American and ninth human to ride a rocket into space. Je was also the first person to travel into space three times and logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. After retiring from the U.S. Navy and from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Schirra became a consultant for CBS News.

Original black and white photographic print: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

ca. 1970

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

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Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

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"Gemini-VI-A (7)." Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-vi-a/gemini-vi-a.html.

"Apollo 7

Sigma 7 MA-8 (25)." Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/ma-8/ma-8.htm.

1 black and white photographic print