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Also Known As Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.
Born March 12, 1923 • Hackensack • New Jersey
Died May 3, 2007 (aged 84) • California

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Michael Collins
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John W. Young
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David Scott
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Jim Lovell
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Eugene Cernan
Eugene Cernan
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Frank Borman
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Pete Conrad
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Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper
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Virgil I. Grissom, 1964.
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Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
Richard F. Gordon, Jr.
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Edward H. White II, 1964.
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