Former Astronaut Walter “Wally” SchirraAstronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Gemini-6 prime crew command pilot, suits up during water egress training aboard the NASA Motor...S63-18249 (1963) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. standing beside T-38. Photo credit: NASAG60-02741 (May 1960) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. Photo credit: NASAS65-61886 (16 Dec. 1965) --- A water level view of Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra to...Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, leaves Hanger "S" at Cape Canaveral on...S68-46604 (5 Aug. 1968) --- The prime crew of the first manned Apollo mission (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) is seen in...Mission patch for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission (Sigma 7) flown by Wally SchirraPersonnel in Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Florida, prepare Wally Schirra's Mercury 8 capsule nicknamed "Sigma 7" for delivery to...In this 1960 photograph, the seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of...S62-06163 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. smiles at medical personnel (out of frame) during a postflight...The original Mercury astronauts are pictured around a table admiring an Atlas model. Standing, left to right, are Alan B....Forty years ago today, on Oct. 14, 1968, Apollo 7 transmitted the first live broadcast from a manned U.S. spacecraft....The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7, stands on the deck of the NASA Motor...Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, goes through a suiting-up exercise in Hanger...Astronauts Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr. (seated), command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, Gemini VI prime crew, go through...A bearded Walter Schirra, Apollo 7 commander, gazes out the rendezvous window in front of the commander's station on the...Pictured is astronaut Walter M. Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April...Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr. confers with Guenter F. Wendt, McDonnell spacecraft test conductor, during simulated flight test activity in...The Mercury 7 astronauts examine their 'couches.' Each astronaut's couch was molded to fit his body to help withstand the...(4 July 1962) -- The original seven Mercury astronauts, each wearing new cowboy hats and a badge in the shape...On Oct. 22, 1968, the Apollo 7 crew is welcomed aboard the USS Essex, the mission's prime recovery ship. This...Workers at Cape Kennedy watch a 224-foot-high Saturn 1B rocket lift off from Launch Complex 34 carrying Apollo 7 astronauts...NASA Administrator James T. Webb holds the microphone as President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) and astronaut Walter Schirra (right) converse...Gemini VI astronauts Walter Schirra (seated), command pilot, and Thomas Stafford, pilot, go through suiting up exercises in preparation for...On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7.On April 9, 1959, NASA's first administrator, Dr. Keith Glennan, announced the names of the agency's first group of astronauts...S68-26668 (June 1968) --- The official emblem of Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo space mission. The crew will consist...On October 22, 1968, 50 years ago, the Apollo 7 crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.This Aug. 5 1968 image was taken aboard the MV Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Apollo 7...Gemini VI command pilot Wally Schirra climbs from his spacecraft after splashdown.Mission patch for Gemini VI-A. On December 15-16, 1965, Gemini VI-A astronauts Walter M Schirra, Jr. (Commander) and Thomas P....