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Wally Schirra
Wally Schirra
Acquired from RR-Auctions
Acquired from RR-Auctions
Date acquired 13th July 2017
Date acquired 13th July 2017
Collection # -TSM62
Collection # -TSM62
The photograph is of Wally in his Mercury Space suit. Wally was one of the original Seven, who were the first American Astronauts. 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 (30 cm) 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. The Apollo 7 flight was the first to take place after the fatal Apollo 1 fire that claimed the lives of three astronauts, and was crucial in keeping the US space program alive. The flight was a total success, the only downside was that it is remembered by many for the tetchy and strained relationship between the crew and mission control. Wally had already announced his retirement prior to the flight, bit the other two crew members never flew again due to the perceived insubordination.
The photograph is of Wally in his Mercury Space suit. Wally was one of the original Seven, who were the first American Astronauts. 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 (30 cm) 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. The Apollo 7 flight was the first to take place after the fatal Apollo 1 fire that claimed the lives of three astronauts, and was crucial in keeping the US space program alive. The flight was a total success, the only downside was that it is remembered by many for the tetchy and strained relationship between the crew and mission control. Wally had already announced his retirement prior to the flight, bit the other two crew members never flew again due to the perceived insubordination.
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Credit-Wikipedia
Wally was known as well for his elaborate practical jokes that he called gotchas
Wally was known as well for his elaborate practical jokes that he called gotchas
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