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Schirra was born on March 12, 1923, in Hackensack, New Jersey, to a family of aviators.His paternal grandparents were Swiss; his grandfather Adam Schirra was born in the Italian-speaking village of Loco in Ticino, Switzerland, and emigrated with his wife Josephina (Marty) Schirra to the United States from Bavaria.
Jo Schirra, born in Seattle to Donald and Josephine Fraser, married naval aviator Wally Schirra in 1946. [8] She died on April 27, 2015. [8] Rene Carpenter and her children at a press conference. Rene Carpenter, born Rene Price, met Scott Carpenter when she was working as an usherette at a theater. [9]
Serving as ship's sponsor, Josephine Schirra christened the ship in honor of her late husband. [2] Wally Schirra is the eighth ship of the Lewis and Clark class, and as part of Military Sealift Command's Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, Wally Schirra is crewed by 124 civil service mariners and 11 Navy Sailors. The ship is designed to operate ...
The Astronaut Wives Club is a 2015 American period drama television series developed by Stephanie Savage for ABC.It is based on Lily Koppel's 2013 book of the same name. [2]
Only Project Mercury, the first operational crewed space-flight program, is covered. The Mercury Seven were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Emphasis is given to the personal stories of the astronauts and their wives rather than the technical aspects of space travel and the ...
Schirra is survived by his parents and sister among other family members, according to the obituary. When he was a student at Gilbert High School, Schirra played on the baseball team, ...
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J.Sciulli/WireImage. Torres and her husband share two children. They welcomed their first son, Joaquim, in 2000 , and in 2008, when Torres was 42, they welcomed their second son, Antônio.