'Celebration Of His Life' To Take Place May 21st In San
Diego
Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr., USN (Ret.) national hero and one
of America’s original seven Mercury Astronauts will be
memorialized during a private ceremony at the Fort Rosecrans
National Cemetery on May 21st. Schirra was the only astronaut
to fly in NASA’s Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space
programs.
A new cargo freighter launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 10:25 p.m. CDT
Friday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other
supplies and equipment aboard.
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