Apollo 7 facts for kids
The crew of Apollo 7 transmitted the first live television broadcast aboard an American crewed spacecraft.
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| Mission type | Crewed CSM test flight |
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| Operator | NASA |
| Mission duration | 10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes, 3 seconds |
| Orbits completed | 163 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Apollo CSM-101 |
| Manufacturer | North American Rockwell |
| Launch mass | 36,419 pounds (16,519 kg) |
| Landing mass | 11,409 pounds (5,175 kg) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
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| Callsign | Apollo 7 |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 11, 1968, 15:02:45 UTC |
| Rocket | Saturn IB SA-205 |
| Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-34 |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | USS Essex |
| Landing date | October 22, 1968, 11:11:48 UTC |
| Landing site | North Atlantic Ocean 27°32′N 64°04′W / 27.533°N 64.067°W |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee | 227 kilometers (123 nmi) |
| Apogee | 301 kilometers (163 nmi) |
| Inclination | 31.6 degrees |
| Period | 89.79 minutes |
| Epoch | October 13, 1968 |
  Left to right: Eisele, Schirra, Cunningham |
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Apollo 7 was a mission in the NASA's Apollo program. It was the first crewed mission in the Apollo program and the first crewed US space flight after Apollo 1 disaster. The mission was a C type mission. Apollo 7 was launched on October 11, 1968 and stayed in space for 10 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes and three seconds. It orbited the Earth. Apollo 7 was the first crewed launch of the Saturn IB launch vehicle and the first three-person US space mission. The crew were Commander Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn Eisele and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. The mission was designed to test the re-made Block II Apollo Command/Service Module. The crew orbited in Earth orbit so that they could check life-support, propulsion and control systems. The mission was a success. It gave NASA the confidence to launch Apollo 8 later.
Images for kids
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Schirra's crew in training for Apollo 2, 1966
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The crew during water egress training
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CSM-101 pre-launch
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Apollo 7's Saturn IB, SA-205, at Launch Complex 34
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Apollo 7's liftoff
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Apollo 7 S-IVB rocket stage in orbit
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Cunningham during the mission
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A crewmember being hoisted into the recovery helicopter
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Apollo 7 and 8 astronauts at the White House with President Lyndon and First Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, NASA Administrator James E. Webb and Charles Lindbergh
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The Apollo 7 crew is debriefed, October 23, 1968
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Apollo 7 flown Robbins medallion
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Barbara Eden, Bob Hope, Eisele, Cunningham, Schirra, and "voice of Mission Control" Paul Haney, on The Bob Hope Show
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Apollo 7 in flight
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Distant view of the S-IVB stage
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View of the Sinai Peninsula from Apollo 7
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The Apollo 7 command module on display
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See also
In Spanish: Apolo 7 para niños
