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
With command pilot Walter M. Schirra Jr. and navigator Donn F. Eisele, Mr. Cunningham spent 11 days in space, orbiting Earth 163 times before safely splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023
Mr. Cunningham, a physicist and a former Marine pilot, joined with Capt. Walter M. Schirra Jr. of the Navy and Maj.
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2023
A year later, Schirra sat in a CBS studio beside Walter Cronkite describing the Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2021
Finally, Wally Schirra and Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham got the first manned Apollo into the air.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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