Former Astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra60 Years Ago: Alan Shepard Becomes the First American in SpaceInterior view of the Aopllo Mission Simulator, showing Apollo-1 backup astronaut Wally Schirra at left in the command pilot's couch....Mercury astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, left, and Wally Schirra check MA-8 spacecraft in the Hangar S white room at Cape...Walter Schirra and President John F. Kennedy stand near a launch structure at Cape Canaveral in Florida.Astronaut Wally Schirra, pilot of the Mercury Atlas-8 mission, goes through a suiting-up exercise in Hanger S at Cape Canaveral...Wally Schirra recieving a medal from another man with his wife looking on.The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center Project Mercury. The original seven astronauts trained at...S65-10119 (1 Feb. 1965) --- The Gemini-6 prime crew, astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot; and Walter M. Schirra Jr.,...S63-07882 (16 May 1963) --- Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 9 (MA-9) mission, backs out...S68-21590 (September 1968) --- This is a portrait of the Apollo-Saturn 7 crew members. They are, left to right, astronauts...CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- The Original Seven Mercury Astronauts pose beside an Air Force F-102 jet. Standing, left to right,...Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. "Wally" Schirra and his wife, Josephine, were among the many special NASA STS-83 launch guests...S65-55983 (8 Dec. 1965) --- This hexagonal-shaped insignia is the emblem of the Gemini-6 spaceflight. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr.,...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astsronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. relaxes prior to boarding the Apollo 7 spacecraft, which rocketed...S65-59961 (15 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, is pictured in the Gemini-6 spacecraft in the White Room...KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Apollo 7 astronauts, left to right, Donn F. Eisele, Walter M. Schirra Jr., and...M61-00012 (20 Jan. 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. pictured on the flight line climbing aboard a F-106 aircraft....Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Apollo 7 commander, egresses the spacecraft during recovery operations in the Atlantic. He is assisted...The original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project pose in front of an Air Force Jet. From left to right:...NASA Project Mercury astronaut. -- Schirra was later known as Wally .