Wally Schirra, Engineering Precision, and a Disastrous Head Cold
The story of Scott Carpenter’s Aurora 7 flight is often contrasted with Wally Schirra’s Sigma 7 flight. Both were accomplished pilots when they joined NASA’s astronaut corps in 1959, and both flew...
View ArticleHow Donn Eisele Became "Whatshisname," the Command Module Pilot of Apollo 7
Though it was the first manned mission of the program and the was the first to fly after three colleagues were killed in the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 7 is probably the least well remembered of all Apollo...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....