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Wally Schirra (Astronaut) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Birthday
*** ,1923
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May 3, 2007 (84 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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Celebrities born on March 12
Born in 1923
Born in Hackensack, New Jersey
Pisces named Wally
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Wally Schirra
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 human beings into space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7. At the time of his mission in Sigma 7, Schirra became the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. In the two-man Gemini program, he achieved the first space rendezvous, station-keeping his Gemini 6A spacecraft within 1 foot of the sister Gemini 7 spacecraft in December 1965. In October 1968, he commanded Apollo 7, an 11-day low Earth orbit shakedown test of the three-man Apollo Command/Service Module and the first crewed launch for the Apollo program.
BornWalter Marty Schirra Jr, March 12, 1923, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMay 3, 2007, San Diego, California, U.S.
Other namesWally Schirra
Other occupationNaval aviator, Test pilot, Astronaut
Alma materNewark College of Engineering (attended), United States Naval Academy (BS)
RankCaptain, United States Navy
Time in space12d 7h 12m
Selection1959 NASA Group 1
MissionsMercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7
RetirementJuly 1, 1969
Official Websitehttp://www.wallyschirra.com/

About Wally Schirra

Astronaut Wally Schirra was born on March 12, 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States (He dies at the age of 84, on May 3, 2007).

The only person to fly in all three of America's early space projects and the first person to travel into space three times.

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Wally Schirra before becoming famous

Wally Schirra was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1923 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

As a Boy Scout, he was a member of Troop 36 and held the rank of First Class.

Achievement of Wally Schirra

On Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, and Apollo 7, he flew.

Wally Schirra's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1946, he married Josephine Fraser and they had two children.

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He was a member of the Mercury Seven, along with Astronaut Alan Shepard.

Alan Shepard (1923 - 1998) (Astronaut)
Alan Shepard (1923 - 1998)

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Wally Schirra Income & Net worth

Wally Schirra's income mainly comes from the work that created his reputation: an astronaut. Networth of Wally Schirra in 2024 is 500,000$+.

Wally Schirra Height and Weight

How tall is Wally Schirra? At the age of 84, Wally Schirra height is 5'11" (1.78m).

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Latest information about Wally Schirra updated on March 15 2023.