Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

Topic: Wally Schirra

    Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

Ads by Google

In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

Damian Green

Sumner Redstone

Crimson Tide

Tommy Tuberville

Bill Clinton

Wayne Rooney

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Wake Forest

Grand Slam

Oklahoma State

Mercury 8 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Schirra (flew on Mercury 8, Gemini 6A, and Apollo 7) Schirra also tried "steering" by the stars (he found this difficult), took photographs with a Hasselblad camera, exercised with a bungee­cord device, saw lightning in the atmosphere, broadcast the first live message from an American spacecraft to radio and TV listeners below, and made the first splashdown in the Pacific. Schirra's was the first of two longer-duration Mercury missions. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mercury_8   (353 words)

Schirra Schirra was commander of Apollo 7 - the first flight test of the redesigned Apollo after the first crew died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire on January 27, 1967. Schirra coolly did not pull the ejection handles and stayed on the live booster until it could be safed. Schirra waited it out, did not pull the abort handles that would send the man catapulting out of the capsule on their notoriously unreliable ejection seats. www.friends-partners.org /partners/mwade/astros/schirra.htm   (2258 words)

"And Then We Flew To The Moon"A Look Back and Into the Future with Walter Schirra, Astronaut - by Phil Konstantin Schirra is also interested in doing research on "Spaceship Earth." We have the equipment to look at this planet in many different ways and disciplines and to correlate all of the data into one system, he said. Schirra jokes that his mother only gave up wing walking when she found out she was "carrying him in the hanger" (pregnant). Schirra told me he was at the Cape during the liftoff of an unmanned Atlas rocket (the same model rocket he flew on his Mercury mission) just after his Gemini 6 flight. americanindian.net /schirra.html   (4058 words)

40th Anniversary of Mercury 7: Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. Schirra's special responsibility in Project Mercury was the development of environmental controls or life-support systems that would ensure the safety and comfort of the astronaut within the spacecraft during the mission. Schirra, Shepard and Carpenter were from the Navy; Grissom, Cooper, and Slayton were from the Air Force; and Glenn was from the Marine Corps. Schirra is married to the former Josephine Cook "Jo" Fraser of Seattle, Washington, the step-daughter of Admiral James L. Holloway (USN, Ret.) who was Commander-in-Chief of the Northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean area. www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/40thmerc7/schirra.htm   (2132 words)

Amazon.com: Books: Schirra's Space (Bluejacket Books) Wally Schirra's, on the contrary, is a triumph. Wally Schirra was the only one of the original seven NASA astronauts to command a spacecraft in all three pioneering space program-Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Schirra does not confine himself to his days as an astronaut but talks candidly about his entire career as a navy pilot, beginning in 1947 with bi-planes, transitioning to jets for combat missions over Korea, and ending with rockets into space. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1557507929?v=glance   (1843 words)

Astronaut Bio: Wally Schirra 1/98 Schirra graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945 and Naval Flight Training, Pensacola, Florida in 1947. As head of ECCO Corp., Schirra was instrumental in forming a new concept in environmental management. ECOO was designed to provide quick reaction to the environmental problems of government, industry and private business and the application of systems management techniques to their solution. vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov /er/seh/schirra.htm   (417 words)

Untitled Document Schirra participated in, and executed, maneuvers enabling crew members to perform exercises in transposition and docking and orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage from the Saturn IB launch vehicle. Schirra then served as back-up command pilot for the Gemini III Mission and, on December 15/16, he occupied the Command Pilot seat on the history making Gemini 6 flight. Schirra is also the author of We Seven (1960) and Schirra's Space (1988). www.sdsa.org /Universe/about.html   (273 words)

Manned Space Chronology: Mercury MA-8 Schirra was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal by NASA Administrator James Webb on October 15, 1962 during a ceremony held at the astronaut's hometown of Oradell, New Jersey. Astronaut Schirra journeyed a total of 160,000 miles aboard the Sigma 7 spacecraft, which in contrast to the previous Mercury flight, splashed down within the intended recovery point. Schirra, aboard the Sigma 7 capsule, reached the recovery vessel just 37 minutes after the first splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. www.spaceline.org /flightchron/mercuryma8.html   (420 words)

Space & Aviation Memorabilia Auction - Liveauctioneers Wally Schirra Autograph on an oversize (30x10") color photograph of the Mecury control panel and mounted on a 24" b... Wally Schirra Autograph on a NASA 8x10" color publicity reprint photo of him in his space suit. Wally Schirra Autograph on a humorous montage of twelve photographs of chimps in various costumes entitled "Astro-N... www.liveauctioneers.com /catalogs/129-100-100.html   (1885 words)

Walter Schirra - netlexikon Schirra studierte Luftfahrttechnik am Newark College of Engineering von 1940 bis 1942 und ging dann an die United States Naval Academy, wo er im Juni 1945 sein Diplom erhielt. Ab Januar 1963 übernahm Schirra bei der NASA neue Aufgaben in der Koordination von Gemini- und Apollo-Aktivitäten. Walter Schirra war einer der 110 Testpiloten, die in die engere Auswahl für die erste Astronautengruppe des Mercury-Programms kamen. www.lexikon-definition.de /Walter-Schirra.html   (658 words)

Space Cowboy Saloon Wally Schirra poses with a Mercury model and a world map with an orbital flight path in the background. Wally Schirra, wife Jo, and his kids meet President Kennedy at the White House. Wally would later say that while his visit with JFK was cordial, he could sense that the President had a lot on his mind. groups.msn.com /SpaceCowboySaloon/mercuryatlas8.msnw   (641 words)

Military.com Content Wally Schirra graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945 and became a naval aviator three years later. Schirra was commander of Apollo VII on Oct. 11, 1968, the first test flight of the redesigned Apollo after the first crew died in the Jan. 27, 1967, launch pad fire. Although Schirra and his crew had difficulties with the ground controllers, the flight was a complete success and restored faith in the Apollo program. www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_schirra_bkp   (365 words)

Wally Schirra Web Site - collectSPACE: Messages posted October 21, 2004 08:23 AM we are still accepting questions for the Wally Schirra web site. Wally is very excited about the project, as am I, and I think this aspect can add a fun perspective to the site. Wally gave me the go ahead to ask for input about what you wanted to see and hear on the site. www.collectspace.com /ubb/Forum38/HTML/000052.html   (707 words)

collectSPACE - news - "Schirra's (Cyber) Space" March 15, 2005-- Wally Schirra, the original astronaut with the 'right stuff' to fly all three of the United States' early spacecraft, has recently launched his first mission into cyberspace: the debut of WallySchirra.com. Schirra's story, which he shared on the pages of his 1988 book Schirra's Space, is that of a Navy test pilot turned all-American hero as one of the nation's first astronauts. The "they" Schirra speaks of is primarily his webmaster Tracy Kornfeld, a Connecticut-based website developer who builds intricate models of spacecraft in his free time. www.collectspace.com /news/news-031505a.html   (1167 words)

Amazon.com: Books: The Real Space Cowboys (Apogee Books Space Series) Schirra shrugged off his role here as "editing and verifying a lot of things." If that's not just mere modesty, he has to be the most accomplished fact-checker in publishing history, the only man to travel in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo flights. Schirra gets and takes the last chance to flavor the book by drawing on his matchless collection of anecdotes. Buckbee and Schirra maintain a sense of proportion, and also of humor, about the perils, promises, frustrations, and failures of those days. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1894959213?v=glance   (1511 words)

Space & Aviation Memorabilia Oct 2 & 3, 2004 - Liveauctioneers Wally Schirra Autograph on a NASA 8x10" color publicity reprint photo of him in his space suit. Wally Schirra Autographs on each of three color photos (professionally matted and framed to 13x30") depicting Schirr... Wally Schirra Autograph on 1988, "Schirra's Space", (228pp, soft cover). www.liveauctioneers.com /catalogs/1188-50-50.html   (982 words)

eLibrary Project : Wally Schirra Wally's mother, Florence Leach Schirra, went along on her husband's barnstorming tours and performed wing walking stunts. Wally Schirra was born into an aviation family. Wally Schirra, one of America's original seven Mercury astronauts who went on to fly Gemini missions and the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, will be the guest in www.elibraryproject.com /info/Wally_Schirra.html   (973 words)

Wally Schirra Wally Schirra was the fifth American in space (Mercury 8) and the only astronaut to have flown Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. On December 15 1965, Schirra made his second space flight, on Gemini 6a, a mission notable both for the steel nerves of Commander Schirra and pilot Thomas Stafford (riding out earlier failed launches) and the close vehicular syncronization achieved during their rendezvous with the Gemini 7 craft crewed by Jim Lovell and Frank Borman. Although his name is not as recognizable as Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong, Schirra's face is familiar due to his many public appearences speaking on the lessons of the space program. www.nndb.com /people/941/000022875   (311 words)

SDSA - Astronaut Wally Schirra to speak (and book signing) at the Reuben H. Fleet on Saturday, May 7 Wally Schirra is one of spaceflight's most notable figures, having commanded a Gemini spacecraft during the first space rendezvous mission, and returned America to space following the tragedy of the Apollo 1 fire by commanding the first Apollo space flight. Astronaut Wally Schirra to speak (and book signing) at the Reuben H. Fleet on Saturday, May 7 SDSA - Astronaut Wally Schirra to speak (and book signing) at the Reuben H. Fleet on Saturday, May 7 www.edgateway.net /cs/sdsa/view/cs_bmsg/3865   (367 words)

Sigma 7 Mission Report "Wally Schirra's Mercury mission -- the original 'textbook flight' -- is one of those episodes in space history that deserves to be told well. The book includes the overall details of the Mercury Atlas 8 mission, the overall Mercury gameplan, the surface to air transcripts and an exclusive interview with the pilot, Wally Schirra. on October 3, 1962, Project Mercury Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr., in his Sigma 7 spacecraft, was launched into space and orbited the Earth six times, completing another step in the grand U.S. program to send a man to the Moon and then return him safely to the Earth. www.thespacestore.com /si7mire.html   (172 words)

WALLY SCHIRRA In full: "I, Walter Schirra, attest to the fact that this is my original Flight Training Suit, worn by me while training for the Apollo 7 space mission." Fine condition. Apollo 7 was the first manned flight of the Apollo spacecraft, with astronauts Walter Schirra, Jr., Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. It zips completely down the front and has two original patches: Schirra's U.S. Navy leather ID patch on its right and the colorful cloth Apollo 7 patch on its left. www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/5_2003/aviation_space/WALLY_SCHIRRA.htm   (279 words)

collectSPACE - news - "'I worked with NASA, not for NASA'" Schirra is the only person to have flown a Mercury, Gemini and Apollo mission, and thus can present a unique view of the earliest days of manned spaceflight - tales which are now slipping from common memory into the realm of written history. Schirra has been portrayed by many of those who remember those early missions as a prankster, a practical joker and a punmaker of renown. Schirra was very skeptical at first, seeing it as a career interruption that he could not afford. www.collectspace.com /news/news-022202a.html   (1655 words)

Wally Schirra Wally Schirra is the only a Astronaut to fly on the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo Missions. He has also authored an excellent book entitled "Schirra's Space". He became the 5th American in Space in October 1962 and later Commanded Gemini 7 and Apollo 7 which was the first flight of the Apollo Program. www.markowens.co.uk /wally_schirra.htm   (53 words)

Wally Schirra Wally Schirra Y Richard N. Billings, "Espacio De Schirra", ISBN 1995 1-55750-792-9 De octubre el 3 de 1962, Schirra se convirtió el quinto americano en el espacio, pilotando el mercurio 8 (sigma 7) en una misión de la seis-o'rbita que dura 9 horas, 13 minutos, y 11 segundos. De octubre el 11 de 1968, Schirra voló en espacio un rato final como comandante de Apolo 7, el primer vuelo servido en el programa Apollo después de un incendio mortal durante pruebas de Apolo 1. www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wa/Wally%20Schirra.htm   (347 words)

SPACE.com -- The Adventures of Cece Bibby: On and Off The Launch Pad Cece Bibby with Wally Schirra, as she applies the Sigma 7 logo to his Mercury spacecraft. "Wally came out with that big 'Wally Schirra grin' on and he was wearing a sport shirt, chinos and loafers. Look who they sent down to meet you.' It was Wally Schirra." www.space.com /news/cs_050909_bibby_bio.html   (3115 words)

The Real Space Cowboys - Autographed In this tale of seven celestial cowboys, author Ed Buckbee, along with M7 astronaut Wally Schirra, take you behind the scenes to witness the excitement as well as the competition and conflict between NASA engineers designing capsules and those who would pilot them. Alan Shepard, Gordon Cooper, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Deke Slayton accepted the country's call to service and would become known as the Mercury Seven (M7). www.thespacestore.com /respcoau.html   (85 words)

Space Program Timeline- Mercury, Gemini, Apollo & Beyond! April- Wally Schirra is selected to command Gemini 6 with rookie Tom Stafford. September- NASA selects Wally Schirra to command the second Apollo mission, with rookies Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham. May- Wally Schirra's crew is redisignated Apollo 7, and will make the first Apollo flight. www.geocities.com /chiefsworld2004/timeline.htm   (1142 words)

The Space Show hosted by: Dr. David Livingston #196 - Captain Wally Schirra USN (RET), one of the original seven American astronauts, was the guest on... Walter Schirra was chosen by NASA to become an astronaut in 1959, while attending the Naval Test Pilot School. Captain Schirra is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (1945), and the Newark College of Engineering. www.thespaceshow.com /guest.asp?q=183   (371 words)

Moonage Spacedream: People Because he's Wally Schirra and no one can tell space tales better than Wally is why. In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet. moonagewebdream.blogs.com /moonage_spacedream/people   (379 words)

Canada Science and Technology Museum Both the Apollo 7 Command Module and Wally Schirra’s training suit will be on display until April 12, 2004, at which time they will both be moved to the Museum’s Conservation Lab for cleaning and preparation for transport. Visitors have a last chance to see both the Apollo Command Module and Wally Schirra’s training suit until April 12, 2004. Ottawa — After a 30 year stay, the Apollo 7 Command Module and Wally Schirra’s training suit will be returning to the United States. www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca /ENGLISH/newsrel/apollo04.cfm   (463 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.