Wally Schirra Post Card
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Wally Schirra Post CardEntry/Object ID
93.2.14Description
photograph of the Sigma 7s landing and a brief description on the backContext
U.S. NAVY COMMANDER WALTER M. SCHIRRA, JR., WAS BORN MARCH 12, 1923 IN HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY Schirra was the pilot of the Mercury Atlas 8 flight of “Sigma 7” on October 3, 1962. Launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, he com- pleted a successful 6 orbit mission around the earth at an orbital velocity of approximately 17,560 miles an hour. Schirra’s “Sigma 7” Mercury spacecraft made Nearly a pinpoint landing as planned, in the Vicinity of Midway Island. Time of the flight Was 9 hours and 13 minutes.Category
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