On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This ...

Seven years before the moon landing, in 1962, astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra wore his personal Speedmaster during the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury program, giving that model its own place ...

In an Artillery Shell. During Schirra’s astronaut training, he built up a reputation as a dedicated, no-nonsense student of the just-born art of space flight. He has kept his sense of humor and ...

NASA astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra famously wore the second-gen Speedy on the Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7 mission of 1962, earning it the title of “first Omega in Space.” Omega did drop a ...

This was seven years before Omega landed on the moon, and three years before NASA had qualified the Speedmaster for official manned flight missions and began issuing the watches to astronauts. The ...

the CK 2998 was worn by astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra on the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury program, which launched on Oct. 3, 1962. This second-generation Speedmaster (which debuted in ...

Artemis astronauts will aspire to do things humans haven’t done before, like building a habitable base to allow for long-term ...

European astronauts trained for future moon missions on Wednesday in a lunar simulator in Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) has negotiated for three spots on future moon missions under the ...

China has taken a step forward in its ambitious plan to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 – unveiling the specially designed spacesuit its crew will don for what’s expected to be a landmark ...

Can astronauts cast a ballot from orbit? We asked election officials to explain. We’ve heard of an absentee ballot. We know about voting by mail. And we’re certainly familiar with voting in ...

Hague and Gorbunov will now not only to relieve Crew-8, but have arrived on the vehicle that is intended to at long last bring home the Starliner astronauts. Though the launch of the Crew-9 ...