Front:
U. S. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, Jr.
Back:
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.
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