Schirra, 84, was the first astronaut to fly three times in space. By ABC News. May 3, 2007, 12:57 PM. ... Wally Schirra went on to become the first man ever to make three flights in space.

Walter “Wally” Schirra Jr., who followed his barnstorming parents into the sky as a Navy combat pilot and the only astronaut to fly in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs, has died. He was ...

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 pronounced ...

Walter M. Schirra Jr., 84, one of the original seven astronauts and the only man to fly in the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs, died of a heart attack May 3 at Scripps Green Hospital in ...

SAN DIEGO - Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only man to fly on all three of NASA's early space missions, ...

During preparations for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission in 1962, Wally Schirra was part of a team of astronauts and engineers trying to solve the missed photography opportunities of NASA's missions ...

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 ...

Walter M. (Wally) Schirra, one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA's earliest manned space programs - Mercury, Gemini and Apollo - has died.

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 ...

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 ...

The Mercury Seven have been diminished again. The death of pioneering astronaut Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. last week, at the age of 84, leaves only two members of America’s ...

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 ...