Gender | Male |
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Weekday | Monday |
Date | March 12, 1923 |
Time | 4:55 p.m. |
Daylight Saving | No |
City | Hackensack, New Jersey, United States |
Geo-location | 40ºN53'9.35", |
Timezone | America/New_York |
City | Hackensack, New Jersey, United States |
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Timezone | America/New_York |
Time (America/New_York) | Mar. 12, 1923, 04:55:00 PM |
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Time (UTC) | Mar. 12, 1923, 09:55:00 PM |
Time (LMT) | Mar. 12, 1923, 04:58:50 PM |
Time (Julian) | 2423491.41319444 |
LMT Correction | -4.9361 Hrs |
Ayanmsha | True Chitra - 22º46'27.81" |
American astronaut who flew on Mercury 8 in 1962, making six orbits of the Earth; pilot of Gemini 6 in the first outer space rendezvous between two manned vehicles on 12/15/1965; with Gemini 7; and Apollo 7 in 1968, orbiting the Earth 163 times. After completing 90 flying combat missions in Korea during active service, he was selected for astronaut training in April 1959 as one of the original seven astronauts. Schirra retired with the rank of Navy captain, residing in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The astronaut died on May 3, 2007 at a hospital in La Jolla, CA. The 84-year-old space pioneer died of a heart attack according to the New York Times quoting a family friend. Link to Wikipedia biography
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
New Job |
April 1, 1959 |
Work : New Job April 1959 (Selected for astronaut training) . |
2 |
Great Achievement |
Dec. 15, 1965 |
Work : Great Achievement 15 December 1965 (First space rendezvous between two craft) . |
S.No. | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
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1 |
Heart Attack |
May 1, 2007 |
Death by Heart Attack 3 May 2007 (in La Jolla, CA, age 84) . |