Jersey, is named after Schirra. In film and television 1983 film The Right Stuff – played by Lance Henriksen 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon – played by Mark Harmon 2015 ABC series The Astronaut Wives Club – played by Aaron McCusker 2020 Disney+/National Geographic miniseries The Right Stuff – played by Aaron Staton See also List of spaceflight records Notes References Bibliography Wally Schirra & Richard N. Billings, "Schirra's Space", 1988 Wally Schirra, Richard L. Cormier, and Phillip R. Wood with Barrett Tillman, Wildcats to Tomcats, Phalanx, 1995. Robert Godwin, Ed. "Sigma 7: The NASA Mission Reports", 2003 Robert Godwin, Ed. "Gemini 6: The NASA Mission Reports", 2000 Robert Godwin, Ed. "Apollo 7: The NASA Mission Reports", 2000 Ed Buckbee with Wally Schirra, "The Real Space Cowboys", 2005 External links 1923 births 2007 deaths 1962 in spaceflight 1965 in spaceflight 1968 in spaceflight Apollo program astronauts Apollo 7 United States Navy astronauts United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees Dwight Morrow High School alumni People from Hackensack, New Jersey People from Oradell, New Jersey Military personnel from New Jersey American Episcopalians American Freemasons American business executives Writers from New Jersey American people of Italian descent United States Naval Academy alumni United States Naval Test Pilot School alumni United States Navy officers United States Naval Aviators American aerospace engineers Aviators from New Jersey United States Navy personnel of World War II United States Navy personnel of the Korean War American Korean War pilots American test pilots Burials at sea Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal Recipients of the Philippine Legion of Honor Collier Trophy recipients Harmon Trophy winners Emmy Award winners Bell Records artists Mercury Seven American autobiographers 20th-century American businesspeople American male non-fiction writers Project Gemini astronauts