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Apollo 7
Mission Summary
Apollo 7 Facts
Apollo 7 Crew
Spacecraft
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The Apollo Program |
| Lunar Module: |
not flown |
| Command and Service
Module: |
Apollo Seven
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| Crew:
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Walter M. Schirra, Jr., commander
Donn F. Eisele, command module pilot
Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot |
| Launch: |
October 11, 1968
16:02:45 UT
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 34 (Saturn 1B) |
| Mission Duration: |
260 hours 9 minutes 3 seconds |
| Returned to Earth: |
October 22, 1968
splashdown 11:11:48 UT (7:11:48 a.m. EDT) |
| Retrieval site: |
Atlantic Ocean 27° 32' N, 64°
04' W |
| Retrieval ship: |
U.S.S. Essex |
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Highlights/Notes:
- First U.S. three man mission
- First flight of Block II Apollo Spacecraft.
- First flight of the Apollo space suits.
- First flight with full crew support equipment.
- First live national TV from space during a manned space flight.
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