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Schirra Urges Faster U S Space Flight After World Orbit
Walter M. Schirra Jr says his Sigma 7 flight around the world should spur a quicker next launch. He notes no problems on the 9 hour 13 minute flight and recalls cutting off power in an emergency. He mentions a possible late winter or early spring 1963 3-orbit mission. He and his family received a large Houston welcome after returning to Earth.
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Houston
Christopher Kraft
Project Mercury
Buddy
Schirra
Marty
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Midway Island
Pacific
Kearsearge
Hawaii
Manned Spacecraft Center
Rice University
Suzanne
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Rice University Memorial Center
James Holloway
Philadelphia
Stormera
Walter M. Schirra
San Diego