Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts, was the only one of them to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs.

The 18-karat gold Apollo 11 commemorative Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph presented to Wally Schirra sold for $1.9 mission at RR Auction of New Hampshire — the most-ever paid for an ...

Schirra, 84, was the first astronaut to fly three times in space. May 3, 2007 — -- Walter M. Schirra Jr., one of America's original seven astronauts, has died at the age of 84. Schirra, said ...

Walter “Walt” Cunningham, a retired NASA astronaut and pilot of the first crewed flight in the space agency’s famed Apollo program, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 90, NASA said.

The USNS Wally Schirra, a U.S. Navy dry cargo ship, departed a South Korean shipyard this week after a seven-month overhaul, marking the first major repair of an American naval vessel by a South ...

The CK 2998 was the personal choice of astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra.

Object Details author Burgess, Colin 1947-,- Subject Schirra, Wally Project Mercury (U.S.) Sigma 7 (Spacecraft) Contents Chapter 1: A pilot born of pilots -- Chapter 2: The making of a flight-ready ...

HOUSTON -- Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr. prized his out-sized sense of humor almost as much as the flying prowess that made him the only NASA astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions ...

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 ...

Six adrenaline-fueled times, Mercury-Atlas 8 orbited the Earth with an apogee altitude of 285 kilometers. It helped prep flight hardware for trips to the Moon.

SAN DIEGO — Walter M. ‘‘Wally’’ Schirra Jr., who as one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts combined the Right Stuff — textbook-perfect flying ability and steely nerves — with a ...

In September 1966, Cunningham and astronauts Wally Schirra and Donn Eisele were assigned to Apollo 2, a planned two-week mission that would orbit Earth.