Wally Schirra

American astronaut (1923–2007)

Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( shə-RAH; March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) 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 humans into space.

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