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Schirra Faces Final Space Flight At Age 45
Space veteran Walter M. Schirra prepares for Apollo 7 as the oldest astronaut to fly, reflecting on a 27 year naval career with 90 missions in Korea, 3,300 jet hours, and numerous honors. He plans to retire after this mission, signaling when he will hang up his spurs.
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Space
Schirra
Command
Lexington
Pacific
Air Force
Col. L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S. Naval Academy
Space Agency
Earth
Marge Slayton
Donald K. Slayton
Marge
John J. Glenn Jr
L. Gordon Cooper
Alan B
Shepard Jr
Trudy Cooper
Louise Shepard
Walter M. Schirra III
Stanford University
James Pickett
Arlington