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1968 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Apollo 7

successSaturn IB | Apollo 7

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 Apollo's 'C' mission, an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Block II Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) with a crew on board.

Overview

Date / time
October 11, 1968 at 03:02 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 34
Mission
Apollo 7
Mission type
Human Exploration
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Saturn IB →
Launch provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration →

Payloads deployed · 1

APOLLO 7
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