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30 de abr. de 2024 · Wally Schirra, U.S. astronaut who flew the Mercury Sigma 7 flight (1962) and was command pilot of Gemini 6 (1965), which made the first space rendezvous. He was the only astronaut to fly in all three of the early U.S. crewed spaceflight programs—Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
9 de mai. de 2024 · Apollo 7, with astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard, splashed down on October 22, 1968, ending a highly successful engineering test flight. The landing occurred in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Bermuda.
Há 4 dias · A second uncrewed Saturn V AS-502 flew as Apollo 6 in April 1968, and Grissom's backup crew of Wally Schirra, Don Eisele, and Walter Cunningham, finally flew the orbital test mission as Apollo 7 (AS-205), in a Block II CSM in October 1968.
- February 21, 1967 (planned)
- Up to 14 days (planned)
- 20,000 kilograms (45,000 lb)
- Saturn IB AS-204
9 de mai. de 2024 · The fifth flight of Sigma 7 (Mercury-Atlas 8) in 1962 was Walter “Wally” Schirra’s turn in space, completing six orbits around Earth, which was at the time, the longest orbital spaceflight, lasting a total of nine hours and 13 minutes.
3 de mai. de 2024 · Wally Schirra was the first astronaut to go into space three times, and the only astronaut to have flown in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. In total, Schirra logged 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. After Apollo 7, he retired as a captain from the U.S. Navy as well as from NASA. .
Há 2 dias · The crew that flew the first Earth orbital test mission Apollo 7, Walter M. Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham, were awarded the lesser NASA Exceptional Service Medal, because of discipline problems with the flight director's orders during their flight.
9 de mai. de 2024 · Then, on October 11, 1968, Walter Schirra (commander), Donn Eisele (1930–1987), and Walter Cunningham (1932–2023) performed a first test of the lunar spacecraft while remaining in Earth orbit. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, Mishin continued along the line drawn by Korolev.
