“You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.”

About Wally Schirra

Astronaut • American

Wally Schirra was a pioneering American naval aviator, test pilot, and one of the original seven astronauts selected for NASA's Project Mercury. He holds the distinction of being the only person to have flown in all...