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Wally Schirra was simply one of America's best sons.
He was the astronaut who was always approachable. The astronaut with a smile, a good joke, and the warmth that made you feel you were with family. On Oct. 3,1962, while the World Series was being played, an Atlas rocket boosted Wally Schirra and his Sigma Seven Mercury space capsule into earth orbit. Wally proved his skills as a test pilot. He stayed up for six orbits -- nine hours. He had been launched with the same fuel quantity as John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, but he conserved fuel in a way that amazed Mercury Control. In the process he went through his scientific and engineering checklist with an efficiency that would have turned a robot green with envy.
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