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Wally Schirra
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Walter Marty (Wally) Schirra, Jr., born on 12 March, 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey), was the third American to orbit the earth. He died on 3 May 2007 of a heart attack, at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California.
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Mercury Mission
Schirra flew spacecraft 16 a.k.a Sigma 7 on the MA-8 mission.
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Technical Reponsibilities During Project Mercury
Schirra concentrated on the life support system.
 62-MA8-146 Wally Schirra Insertion into Sigma 7 |
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Biography/Memoirs
Schirra's Space by Walter M. Schirra and Richard N. Billings.
ISBN 1557700346 hardcover 1st Edition
ISBN 1557507929 paperback revised edition
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See also
- Wally Schirra on Wikipedia
