Wally Schirra

Walter Marty Schirra Jr. 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.

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Who was born first?

• Wally Schirra and Alan Shepard were born the same year
• Wally Schirra was born 1 year before Deke Slayton
• Wally Schirra was born 2 years before Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
• Wally Schirra was born 2 years after John Glenn
• Wally Schirra was born 2 years before Scott Carpenter

Timeline

1. John GlennJuly 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016
2. Alan ShepardNovember 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998
3. Wally Schirra (this page)March 12, 1923 – May 3, 2007
4. Deke SlaytonMarch 1, 1924 – June 13, 1993
5. Pavel Ivanovich BelyayevJune 26, 1925 – January 10, 1970
6. Scott CarpenterMay 1, 1925 – October 10, 2013

Related

• Neil ArmstrongAugust 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012
• Yuri GagarinMarch 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968
• Valentina TereshkovaMarch 6, 1937 – present
• Buzz AldrinJanuary 20, 1930 – present
• Michael CollinsOctober 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021
• William ShatnerMarch 22, 1931 – present
• Kalpana ChawlaMarch 17, 1962 – 2003
• Sunita WilliamsSeptember 19, 1965 – present