Walter M. Schirra Jr.

Walter M. Schirra Jr., Capt, USN (born March 12, 1923, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – died May 3, 2007, La Jolla, California, USA) nicknamed "Wally", was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, the United States' first effort to put humans in space.