Looking back, it’s amazing how big the original astronauts were in the public imagination. I can name the original seven and many of the Gemini and Apollo astronauts, but none of the current ones. Wally Schirra, RIP
He is with GOD now in Heaven, the Ultimate FINAL and ETERNAL FLIGHT!!! GOD Bless Him now and Forever!
With Walter Shirra’s departure, one quarter of all crew members who have had a seat in an Apollo spacecraft form Apollo 7 to Apollo - Soyuz Test Project are no longer with us. That would be 9 out of 38 individual crew members.
RIP Wally. Enjoy your fourth, final, and greatest flight of all.