Saturn IB | Apollo 7
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Saturn IB · Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 96th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 888th orbital launch attempt
October 11, 1968Add to calendar
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Oct 11, 15:02 – Oct 11, 15:02 UTC
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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.
Human Exploration · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Crew
Wally SchirraCommander · NASA
Walter CunninghamLunar Module Pilot · NASA
Donn F. EiseleCommand Module Pilot · NASA
Booster
No booster details available.
Watch
- Apollo 7 - Launch Cape Canaveral, Florida (October 11, 1968) — TheApollo11Channel
- NASA footage of the launch of Apollo 7 the first manned Apollo on a Saturn IB rocket — Matthew Travis
- Launch of Apollo 7 (CBS) — lunarmodule5
- Apollo 7 Launch (PAO) — lunarmodule5
- Flight of Apollo 7 : NASA : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming — Archive
