Captain Wally M. Schirra Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA
Born: March 12, 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey
Died: May 3, 2007 in La Jolla, California
Died: May 3, 2007 in La Jolla, California
Walter M. Schirra (Captain, U.S. Navy, Retired) NASA Astronaut (Deceased)PERSONAL DATA: Born March 12, 1923, in Hackensack, New Jersey. Died on May 2, 2007. Survivors include his wife, daughter and son.EDUCATION: Newark College of Engineering (N.J.I.T.), 1941; U.S. Naval Academy, 1942-1945 B.S.; Safety Officers School (U.S.C.), 1957; U.S. Navy Test Pilot School (N.A.T.C.) 1958; NASA Astronaut Training, 1959-1969; Honorary Doctorate in Astronautical Engineering, Lafayette College, 1969; Honorary Doctorate in Science, U.S.C., 1969; Honorary Doctorate in Astronautics, N.J.I.T., 1969; Trustee, Detroit Institute of Technology, 1969-1976; Advisor, Colorado State University, 1977-1982; Trustee, National College, South Dakota, 1983-1987.AWARDS: The Collier Trophy, 1962; Kincheloe Award, SETP, 1963; Haley Astronautics Award - AIAA, 1963, 1969; Harmon International Trophy, 1965.AWARDS-MILITARY: U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross (3); Air Medal (3); NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2); NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1); Philippines Legion of Honor (Commander).HALLS OF FAME INDUCTED: International Aviation Hall of Fame, San Diego, CA, 1970; New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame, Teterboro, NJ, 1977 (approx.); International Space Hall of Fame, Alamagordo, NM, 1981; National Aviation Hall of Fame, Dayton, OH, 1986.CLUBS: Society of Experimental Test Pilots (Fellow), 1958- present; AAS (Fellow), 1960-present; Explorers Club (Fellow) 1965-present; Makai Country Club, Kauai (Princeville), Hi, 1971-present; Rancho Santa Fe Tennis Club, 1985-present; San Diego Yacht Club, 1987-present; Charlie Russell Riders, Charter Member, 1985-present; Rancheros Visitadores, Member, 1989-present; Desert Caballeros, Member, 1989-present; Durango Mountain Caballeros, Member, 1989-present; Q.E.D., San Diego, Ca, 1989-present; The Golden Eagles, (Naval Aviators), 1989- present.NASA EXPERIENCE: Captain Schirra was one of the seven Mercury Astronauts named by NASA in April 1959. On October 3, 1962; he piloted the six orbit Sigma 7 Mercury flight; a flight which lasted 9 hours, 15 minutes. The spacecraft attained a velocity of 17,557 miles per hour at an altitude of 175 statue miles and traveled almost 144,000 statute miles before re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. Recovery of the Sigma 7 spacecraft occurred in the Pacific Ocean about 275 miles northeast of Midway Island.Schirra next served as backup command pilot for the Gemini III Mission and on December 15-16, occupied the Command Pilot seat on the history-making Gemini 6 flight. The highlight of this mission was a successful rendezvous of Gemini 6 with the already orbiting Gemini 7 spacecraft, thus, accomplishing the first rendezvous of two manned maneuverable spacecraft and establishing another space first for the United States. Known as a “text book†pilot, Schirra remained in the spacecraft following his Mercury and Gemini flight and is the first Astronaut to be brought aboard recovery ships twice in this manner. With him on Gemini 6, was Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford.He was the Command Pilot on Apollo VII, the first manned flight test of the three direction United States spacecraft. Apollo VII began on October 11, 1968, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele and Lunar Module Pilot Walter Cunningham. Schirra participated in, and executed, maneuvers enabling crew members to perform exercises in transposition and docking and orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage from the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The mission completed eight successful tests and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion engine, measured the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems, and provided the first effective television transmission of on-board crew activities. Apollo VII was placed in an orbit with an apogee of 153.5 nautical miles and a perigee of 122.6 nautical miles.The 260 hour 4.5 million mile shake down flight was concluded on October 22, with splashdown occurring in the Atlantic some 8 miles from the carrier Essex (only 3/10 of a mile from the originally predicted aiming point). Captain Schirra has logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. He is unique in that he is the only Astronaut to have flown Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.BUSINESS EXPERIENCE: Director, Imperial American (Oil & Gas), 1967, 68, 69; President, Regency Investors (Leasing), 1969-1970; Founder, Environmental Control Co. (ECCO), 1970-1973; Director, J.D. Jewel (Chicken Comp.) 1971, 72, 73; Director, First National Bank, Englewood, Co., 1971-1978; Belgian Consulate for Colorado and New Mexico, 1971-1984; Director, V.P., Chairman, Sernco, 1973-1974; Director, Rocky Mountain Airlines, 1973-1984; Director, Carlsberg Oil & Gas, 1974, 1975; V. P., Johns-Manville Sales Corp., Denver, Co, 1975, 76, 77; Director, Advertising Unlimited, Sleepy Eye, MN, 1978-87; Director, Electromedics, Denver, Co, 1979-1985; President, Prometheus Systems, Inc., 1980-1981; Director, Finalco (Leasing Co.), McLean, Va, 1983-1988; Director, Cherokee Data Systems, Boulder, Co, 1984-1986; Director, Net Air Int., Van Nuys, Ca, 1982-1989; Director, Kimberly-Clark, Neenah, Wi, 1983-1991; Independent Consultant, Schirra Enterprises, 1979-Present; Director, Zero Plus Telecommunications, Inc., Campbell, Ca, 1986-Present.CIVIC ACTIVITIES: Advisory Committee, Oceans Foundations, San Diego, Ca, 1985-present; Advisory Board/Council, U.S. National Parks (Interior), 1973-1985; Director, Denver Organizing Committee for 1976 Olympics, 1973-1975; Advisor, Flight for Life, Mercy Hospital, Denver, Co, 1978-1986; Trustee, Colorado Outward Bound School ( COB), 1970-1974; COB Regional Trustee, 1988-present; Advisory Board, International "Up With People", 1976-present; Founder/Director, Mercury Seven Foundation, 1982-present; Director, San Diego Aerospace Museum, 1984-present; Trustee, Scripps Aquarium, 1985-present; International Council, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, Ca, 1989-present; Sharps Hospital, Foundations Board, San Diego, Ca, 1988- present.PUBLICATIONS: We Seven, 1960; Schirra's Space, 1988.
1972-The-Astronaut (Performer), 1999-In-Search-of-Liberty-Bell-7 (in person), 1994-Moon-Shot (in person), 1991-Star-Trek-25th-Anniversary-Special (in person), 1994-Houston,-We've-Got-a-Problem (Other), 2003-The-Real-Men-with-'The-Right-Stuff' (in person), 1996-Turning-Point (in person), 1973-Dinah's-Place (in person), 2009-The-Apollo-Years (Other), 2008-When-We-Left-Earth:-The-NASA-Missions (Other), 2007-Mars-Rising (Other), 1985-Spaceflight (in person), 1969-Charlie-Brown-and-Charles-Schulz (in person), 2010-Moonbug (in person), 2003-Failure-Is-Not-an-Option (in person), 2003-Project-Gemini:-A-Bridge-to-the-Moon (in person), 2001-Korean-War-Stories (in person), 1994-Captain-W.,-astronaute (in person), 2008-Moon-Machines (Other), 2006-The-First-Miracle:-1960-US-Olympic-Hockey-Team (Other), 1989-For-All-Mankind (Other)
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 07/20/1983 - HFSID 272380WALLY SCHIRRA. Check signed: "Walter M. Schirra", 8½x3¼. Morrison, Colorado, 1983 July 20. Check no. 3330, drawn on the account of Schirra Enterprises at the First National Bank of Englewood, Colorado, payable to Environmental Consultants for $152.55. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 309667WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this color photograph of himself dressed in his space flight equipment. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, Color 10x8. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 309674WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this color photograph of himself surrounded by historic space pieces. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, Color 8x10. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 263051WALLY SCHIRRA. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra". B/w, 10x8. Schirra is shown in 1969 with CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite. The legendary newsman is holding a copy of the "Daily News" with the headline, "Man/Lands on the/Moon". Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 311969WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, Schirra signs his name in green ink on an image of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Photograph signed: "Wally M. Schirra", in green ink, Color 10x8. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 80755WALTER M. SCHIRRA. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra". B/w, 5x7. Captioned: "Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr./Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo astronaut". Walter M. "Wally" Schirra
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 83321WALLY SCHIRRA. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra". B/w, 8x10. Name imprinted at lower margin. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. (1923-2007), one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, was the fifth American in space (Sigma 7, October 3, 1962, six orbits, nine hours and 13 minutes).
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 102091WALTER M. SCHIRRA. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra." Color, 10x8. NASA montage of three photographs relating to Schirra's Apollo 7 flight (October 11-22, 1968), the first piloted flight of the Apollo spacecraft. A Navy pilot, Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 159776WALLY SCHIRRA. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra". Color, 8x10. Name imprinted at lower margin. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr. (1923-2007), one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, was the fifth American in space (Sigma 7, October 3, 1962, six orbits, nine hours and 13 minutes).
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 167120WALTER M. SCHIRRA Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronaut. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra". Color, 10x8. On October 3, 1962, aboard Sigma 7, Walter M. "Wally" Schirra (1923-2007), an original Project Mercury astronaut, orbited the Earth six times in nine hours and 30 minutes.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/20/1984 - HFSID 250242WALTER M. SCHIRRA. Partly Printed DS: "W M Schirra", 1p, 8½x11. [Los Angeles], 1984 September 20.Form signed by Schirra prior to his appearance on Michael Jackson's radio show in Los Angeles. A KABC staffer has penned a summary of his 50-minute morning interview.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - ITINERARY SIGNED CIRCA 1965 CO-SIGNED BY: LT. GENERAL THOMAS P. STAFFORD - HFSID 159661ASTRONAUTS WALLY SCHIRRA AND TOM STAFFORD, WHO WOULD FLY TOGETHER ON GEMINI 6 TEN MONTHS LATER, SIGN AN ITINERY FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT HUBERT HUMPHREY TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 309675WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this technical diagram for the Apollo Spacecraft. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, 8x10 technical diagram. Apollo Spacecraft - Launch Configuration, NASA-S-65-3215. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 309676WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this technical diagram for the Apollo Spacecraft. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, 10x8 technical diagram. Apollo Spacecraft - Launch Configuration, NASA-S-65-3214. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 309687WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this technical diagram for the Apollo Spacecraft. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, 10x8 technical diagram. Apollo Attenuating System, NASA-S-64-1788. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - PRINTED ILLUSTRATION SIGNED - HFSID 309688WALLY M. SCHIRRA The fifth American in space, the astronaut signs on this technical diagram for the Apollo Spacecraft. Photograph signed: "Wally Schirra", in black felt tip, 10x8 technical diagram. Apollo Command Module, NASA-S-65-5736. Walter M.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - TRADING/SPORTS CARD SIGNED - HFSID 140178WALLY SCHIRRA. Trading Card signed: "Wally Schirra". Color, 2½x3½. 1969 Topps "Man on the Moon" series picturing Schirra in his Mercury capsule. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Jr.
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CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA - TYPESCRIPT SIGNED - HFSID 217392Special PriceWALLY SCHIRRA. Typescript signed: "Wally Schirra", 1p, 8½x11. Headed: "We Seven/Six to Fill the Team/A Polyp in Time". Excerpt from Schirra's chapter of We Seven, a 1962 book that included a chapter written by each of the seven original Mercury astronauts.
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LT. COLONEL VIRGIL I. "GUS" GRISSOM - COLLECTION WITH JOHN GLENN, COLONEL GORDON COOPER JR., CAPTAIN WALLY M. SCHIRRA, SCOTT CARPENTER, REAR ADMIRAL ALAN B. SHEPARD JR., MAJOR DONALD "DEKE" SLAYTON - HFSID 90375THE ORIGINAL SEVEN PROJECT MERCURY ASTRONAUTS: SCOTT CARPENTER, GORDON COOPER, GUS GRISSOM, JOHN GLENN, WALLY SCHIRRA, ALAN SHEPARD and DONALD K. SLAYTON All but Grissom have signed a group photo in space suits. The signature of the ill-fated Grissom on a separate sheet is framed with it in the Gallery of History style.
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