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

The CK2998 Speedy was Schirra’s personal watch, and the decision to wear it on the mission was his alone. The ref. CK2998 Speedmaster worn by astronaut Wally Schirra in 1962 was the first Omega watch ...

In 1955, low water levels in the Mississippi River revealed bridge supports and mud flats due to Midwest drought.

On Oct. 11, 1991, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas ...

Wally Schirra acquired his interest in flying and sophisticated machinery by inheritance. His father, a retired engineer, now 68. was a bomber pilot in World War I who was shot down over the ...

Released in 1959, before Omega’s Speedmaster was selected by NASA to outfit its astronauts, the CK 2998 was worn by astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra on the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury ...

In 1962, the astronaut Wally Schirra wore his own personal 2998 reference Speedy (CK 2998) when he orbited the earth during the Mercury-Atlas mission. A few years later, in 1969 (big year), Neil ...

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 ...

Sixty-two years ago today, October 3, the American aviator, test pilot and Nasa astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra blasted off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...