Schirra
Americannoun
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On 16 December 1965, to celebrate the first successful space rendezvous, astronauts Thomas Stafford and Wally Schirra surprised mission control with a little festive spirit.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Eisele died at 57 in 1987 of a heart attack, and Schirra died at 84 in 2007.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023
Major Eisele, who died in 1987, was represented by his widow, Susan Eisele-Black; Captain Schirra, who died in 2007, by the astronaut Bill Anders.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
Daughter Maria-Elena James, 68, remembered how in 1962, her father invited Walter Schirra, a personal friend of his and the first astronaut to go into space three times, to his children’s school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2022
Then came Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra, and finally Gordon Cooper finished up the Mercury program in May 1963, staying up for thirty-four hours.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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