Walter M. (Wally) Schirra
Credit: NASA FILE PHOTO
Walter M. (Wally) Schirra, one of NASA's original astronauts and the only one to have flown in space on board Mercury, Gemini and Apollo vehicles, died May 2 at a hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He was 84. His family said he died of natural causes. The photo shows Schirra in 1962 in his Mercury...
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