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Wally Schirra


 

Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (born March 12, 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen for the Project Mercury, America's first effort to put men in space. He was the only man to fly in America's first three space programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo and has logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space.

References

  • Wally Schirra & Richard N. Billings, "Schirra's Space", 1995 ISBN 1-55750-792-9
  • Robert Godwin "Sigma 7: The NASA Mission Reports", 2003 ISBN 1-894959-01-9
  • Robert Godwin "Gemini 6: The NASA Mission Reports", 2000 ISBN 1-896522-61-0
  • Robert Godwin "Apollo 7: The NASA Mission Reports", 2000 ISBN 1-896522-64-5