APOLLO 7 MISSION

APOLLO 7 MISSION

Apollo 7, launched on October 11 1968, was the first mission in the Apollo program to carry a crew into space. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. Their mission was an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Module with a crew on board. Despite tension between the crew and ground controllers, the mission was a complete technical success, giving NASA the confidence to launch Apollo 8 around the Moon two months later.

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