One of America's first astronauts and the only one of the original seven to fly in all three pioneering space programs - Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo - Wally Schirra inherited a love of flying and spirit of adventure from his World War I-ace father and barnstorming, wing-walking mother. In this revealing autobiography, Schirra takes an inside look at the early days of spaceflight and the men who captured the heart of the nation.

Schirra's Space (Bluejacket Books)

Biographies & Memoirs

Schirra, Wally

Billings, Richard N.

Professionals & Academics

Naval_Institute_Press

Schirra, who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, recounts his life and career as an astronaut.

Schirra's Space

History

Schirra, who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, recounts his life and career as an astronaut

Quinlan Press

Through five decades, including World War II. Korea &amp; Vietnam, Zeke Cormier, Wally Schirra and Phil Wood have served naval aviation and their nation whether on active duty or in retirement. Their overlapping careers involved them in U-Boat hunting, aerial combat, the Blue Angels, experimental flight, weapons testing, space flight and command at sea. This book describes their riveting experiences and tremendous contributions. Between the three they have flown over 14,000 hours, including over 500 combat missions, and made over 1800 carrier landings. Written with the help of Barrett Tillman, their adventures are related with candor, a great deal of good humor, and bear a message, born of collective experience, for today's naval leadership. --- from book's dustjacket

Wildcats to Tomcats: The Tailhook Navy

Engineering & Transportation

Tillman, Barrett

Wood, Phil

Cormier, Richard L.

Cormier, Zeke

Engineering

Voyageur Pr

The tension-filled careers of the Mercury Seven, a handful of elite fighter pilots selected as America's first astronauts, is traced in this account of the dreams and nightmares of the early days of the U.S. manned space program. A behind-the-scenes look at the competitive and often arrogant atmosphere of the initiative—including details on the struggles of deciding whether to send chimpanzees or humans to space and the conflicts between NASA engineers and astronauts—is included along with an account of the program's moments of humor, from recurrent "gotcha" training session pranks to the round of drinks that a dubious answer to the question Are you a turtle? could entail. While most of these men eventually made it to space and even the moon, their lives as a part of NASA continued long after. The story of their work with motivational programs such as the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, U.S. Space Camp, and the U.S. Space &amp; Rocket Center is also included.

The Real Space Cowboys, with Bonus DVD Video Disc

Buckbee, Ed

Apogee Books

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