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Wally Schirra
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 humans into space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7, becoming the fifth American and ninth human…
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Born 12 March 1923 · Died 3 May 2007 · Q110450
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded New Jersey Hall of Fame (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
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2007· 3 entries
In These Times: Wally Schirra Has Died
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Died 2007-05-03.
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Of a heart attack while undergoing treatment for abdominal cancer at Scripps Green Hospital (currently The Heart Center at Scripps) in San Diego, California
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2005· 1 entry
Co-authored the book The Real Space Cowboys with Ed Buckbee
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1995· 1 entry
Co-authored the book Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy with Barrett Tillman and fellow Navy Captains Richard L
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1986).
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1984· 1 entry
Was among the surviving Mercury astronauts who established the Mercury Seven Foundation, now known as the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, to award college scholarships to science and engineering students
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1981).
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1968· 1 entry
Making Schirra the first person to fly in space three times
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1967· 1 entry
And were en route to Houston the next day when Grissom and his crew were killed in a fire during a test
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1965· 2 entries
Gemini 7 lifted off to begin its two-week mission
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While Schirra and Stafford waited in their spacecraft to lift off
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1964· 1 entry
Won NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1964).
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1963· 1 entry
Along with the other six Mercury astronauts
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1962· 4 entries
Schirra lifted off aboard his Mercury flight, named Sigma 7
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Flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7, becoming the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space
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Won NASA Distinguished Service Medal (1962).
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And the other Mercury astronauts received the Robert J
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1959· 1 entry
Became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put humans into space
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1948· 2 entries
And joined Fighter Squadron 71 (VF-71) at Quonset Point, Rhode Island
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Became a naval aviator, served as a fighter pilot and flew 90 combat missions in the Korean War, and then in 1958 he graduated from the U
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1946· 1 entry
Schirra and Fraser were married on February 23, 1946.
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1945· 1 entry
After only three years instead of four, as the Naval Academy had a wartime accelerated curriculum
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1923· 2 entries
Born 1923-03-12.
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In Hackensack, New Jersey, to a family of aviators
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