Walter Schirra

Work : None | New Job April 1959 (Selected for astronaut training) | Work : None | Great Achievement 15 December 1965 (First space rendezvous between two craft) | : None | Death by Heart Attack 3 May 2007 (in La Jolla, CA, age 84) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Heart disease/attack | Personal : Death | Long life more than 80 yrs | Vocation : Military | Military service | Vocation : Travel | Astronaut (Piloted Gemini VI) | Vocation : Travel | Pilot/ military (Flew 90 missions in Korea) | Notable : Famous | Historic figure (One of the first seven Americans in space) | Notable : Book Collection | American Book