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Wally Schirra

1923 - 2007

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Walter Marty Schirra Jr. ( shur-AH; March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007) was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put humans into space. On October 3, 1962, he flew the six-orbit, nine-hour, Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, in a spacecraft he nicknamed Sigma 7, becoming the fifth American and ninth human to travel into space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wally Schirra is the 58th most popular astronaut (down from 52nd in 2019), the 2,843rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,582nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Wally Schirra ranks 58 out of 556. Before him are Valeri Kubasov, Frank Borman, Vladislav Volkov, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Gordon Cooper, and Ellison Onizuka. After him are Fred Haise, Viktor Patsayev, Michael P. Anderson, Christa McAuliffe, Jean-Loup Chrétien, and Sunita Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Wally Schirra ranks 119. Before him are Alexandre Astruc, Walerian Borowczyk, André Courrèges, Alicia de Larrocha, Dexter Gordon, and Charles Durning. After him are Pahiño, Uziel Gal, Irvin Kershner, Richard Pipes, Philly Joe Jones, and James E. Gunn. Among people deceased in 2007, Wally Schirra ranks 111. Before him are Raymond Barre, Kisho Kurokawa, Ian Stevenson, François-Xavier Ortoli, Teddy Kollek, and Michel Lotito. After him are Gordon Scott, Karel Svoboda, Maurice Papon, Mika Špiljak, Steve Fossett, and Jean-Pierre Vernant.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wally Schirra ranks 2,843 out of 20,380. Before him are Joe Perry (1950), Nelson Algren (1909), Chuck Palahniuk (1962), Richard Ramirez (1960), Bob Bennett (1933), and Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912). After him are Maria Shriver (1955), Lois Chiles (1947), Fred Haise (1933), Jonathan Frakes (1952), Ann Dunham (1942), and Scooter Libby (1950).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Wally Schirra ranks 38. Before him are Alan Bean (1932), Charles Duke (1935), Don L. Lind (1930), Frank Borman (1928), Gordon Cooper (1927), and Ellison Onizuka (1946). After him are Fred Haise (1933), Michael P. Anderson (1959), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Sunita Williams (1965), Bruce McCandless II (1937), and Barry E. Wilmore (1962).

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