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What did Wally Schirra do in the Apollo program?
Wally Schirra was assigned to command a three-man Apollo crew
What did the three-man Apollo crew assigned to Wally Schirra do?
to make the second crewed flight test of the Apollo Command/Service Module, with a mission profile identical to Apollo 1
How did wally Schirra get involved with the Apollo program he was assigned to?
Grissom and his crew were killed in a fire during a test. Wally Schirra's crew became the prime crew of the first crewed flight.
When did Wally Schirra do the second manned flight test for the Apollo Command/Service Module?
on January 26, 1967
Are there any other interesting aspects about the Wally Schirra article?
Wally Schirra was one of 110 military test pilots selected by their commanding officers as candidates for the newly formed NASA Project Mercury, the first U.S. crewed space flight program.

Question: What was Schirra's role in the first manned flight?
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