God Speed Wally Schirra!
Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts
who later commanded a dramatic two-man Gemini mission and the first
shakedown flight of an Apollo command module, has died of natural
causes, his family told NASA. He was 84.
With Schirra's passing, only two of the Mercury 7 astronauts remain - former Sen. John Glenn and Scott Carpenter. Story
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