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May 30, 2007
Wally Schirra, Mercury 7 Astronaut
Because I didn't catch this when it happened a month ago.
Schirra was the only astronaut to fly on Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights. His Apollo 7 mission in October 1968 was a 10-day testflight for procedures and equipment used on later flights to the moon.It was the first flight after the Apollo 1 tragedy in January 1967 in which three astronauts burned to death in their space capsule during a launchpad practice session.
Schirra was a Navy test pilot when he joined NASA in April 1959.
The Mercury 7 astronauts included Schirra, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Deke Slayton, Alan Shepherd and Scott Carpenter.
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Of those seven astronauts, only Glenn and Carpenter are still alive.
(via yahoo news, wiki, wallyschirra.com )
Posted by Groonk at May 30, 2007 11:15 AM | Ministry of People Who Died
