Saturday, May 5, 2007

Wally Schirra (1923-2007)

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 rebellious streak, died Thursday at 84.

He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of NASA’s original manned spaceflight programs: Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.


For anyone who hasn't seen the movie,
The Right Stuff, you should check it out.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

a true hero.Imagine,he flew in every phase of the space program!

 
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