Wally Schirra Has Died

Message From the NASA Administrator – The Passing of Wally Schirra

“Today is a sad day for NASA and our country, as we mourn the passing yesterday in California of astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra. With Wally’s passing, we at NASA note with sorrow the loss of yet another of the pioneers of human spaceflight. As a Mercury astronaut, Wally was a member of the first group of astronauts to be selected, often referred to as the “Original Seven.” Wally is remembered in the close circle of the space community as the pilot who flew a “textbook flight” on his Mercury mission in October 1962.”