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Apollo 7

Crewed Lunar Program Missions

Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, launched October 11, 1968, and saw the resumption of American human spaceflight after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test in January 1967. Commanded by Walter Schirra with Command Module Pilot Donn Eisele and Lunar Module Pilot Walter Cunningham, the eleven day flight tested the Apollo command and service module in Earth orbit. Despite tension between the crew and ground controllers, the mission was a complete technical success, giving NASA the confidence to send Apollo 8 into orbit around the Moon two months later.

Facts
Mission Type
Crewed Earth orbital CSM flight 1
Launch Date
1968-10-11 2
End Date
1968-10-22 1
Outcome
Complete technical success; the eleven day Earth orbit test gave NASA confidence to send Apollo 8 to the Moon two months later. 2
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Crewed Mission 1
Connections

Crewed By

Donn Eisele, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wally Schirra, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Walter Cunningham, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Sources
1. Apollo 7 (Wikipedia)
  • infobox, Mission type field
    Crewed Earth orbital CSM flight
  • infobox, Landing date field
    October 22, 1968
  • Apollo 7 article, lead section
    the mission was a complete technical success, giving NASA the confidence to send Apollo 8 into orbit around the Moon two months later
  • Apollo 7 article, infobox
  • Part Of: Apollo Program, Apollo 7
    the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program
  • In Group: Apollo Program Missions, Lead sentence
    Apollo 7 (October 11-22, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Operated By: NASA, Apollo 7
    Operator: NASA
  • Crewed By: Wally Schirra, Apollo 7
    Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham
  • Crewed By: Donn Eisele, Apollo 7
    Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham
  • Crewed By: Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7
    Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham
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