Schirra, Walter

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Portrait of Walter Schirra
Walter Schirra
Name
Schirra, WalterGender: M
born on 12 March 1923 at 16:55 (= 4:55 PM )
Place Hackensack NJ, USA, 40n53, 74w03
Timezone EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BRRodden Rating AA
Astrology data 21°18' 29°25 Asc. 09°37'



Biography

American astronaut who flew on Mercury 8 in 1962, making six orbits of the Earth; pilot of Gemini 6 in the first outer space rendezvous between two manned vehicles on 12/15/1965; with Gemini 7; and Apollo 7 in 1968, orbiting the Earth 163 times.

After completing 90 flying combat missions in Korea during active service, he was selected for astronaut training in April 1959 as one of the original seven astronauts. Schirra retired with the rank of Navy captain, residing in Rancho Santa Fe, CA.

The astronaut died on May 3, 2007 at a hospital in La Jolla, CA. The 84-year-old space pioneer died of a heart attack according to the New York Times quoting a family friend.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Glenn, John (born 18 July 1921)
  • associate relationship with Grissom, Gus (born 3 April 1926)

Events

  • Work : Great Achievement 15 December 1965 (First space rendezvous between two craft)
  • Work : New Job April 1959 (Selected for astronaut training)
  • Death by Heart Attack 3 May 2007 (in La Jolla, CA, age 84)

Source Notes

Gauquelin Book of American Charts. Contemporary Sidereal Horoscopes gave 11:55 PM. Michel Gauquelin said the B.C. was hard to read, so he went with 4:55 PM, as that was the time that Schirra himself gave, listed in "Pioneers of Tomorrow"

Categories

  • Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (Piloted Gemini VI)
  • Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military (Flew 90 missions in Korea)
  • Vocation : Military : Military service
  • Notable : Book Collection : American Book
  • Notable : Famous : Historic figure (One of the first seven Americans in space)
  • Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Heart disease/attack
  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs

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