Wally Schirra

Astronaut

Birthday March 12, 1923

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Hackensack, NJ

DEATH DATE May 3, 2007 (84)

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About

The first person to travel into space three times and the only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs.

Before Fame

He held the rank of First Class in Troop 36 as a Boy Scout.

Trivia

He flew on Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, and Apollo 7.

Family Life

He married Josephine Fraser in 1946 and had two children.

Associated With

He and Alan Shepard were part of the Mercury Seven.