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Wally Schirra

Wally Schirra

American aviator
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. Wikipedia
Born: March 12, 1923, Hackensack, NJ
Died: May 3, 2007 (age 84 years), La Jolla, CA
Space missions: Apollo 7, Gemini 6A, and Mercury-Atlas 8
Spouse: Josephine Fraser (m. 1946–2007)
First space flight: Mercury-Atlas 8