Apollo 7

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.^[4]: 76 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.

Apollo 7

The crew of Apollo 7 transmitted the first live television broadcast aboard an American crewed spacecraft.
Mission type	Crewed CSM test flight
Operator	NASA[1]
COSPAR ID	1968-089A
SATCAT no.	3486
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)[2]
Landing mass	11,409 pounds (5,175 kg)
Crew
Crew size	3
Members	Walter M. Schirra Donn F. Eisele R. Walter Cunningham
Callsign	Apollo 7
Start of mission
Launch date	October 11, 1968, 15:02:45 (1968-10-11UTC15:02:45Z) 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 (1968-10-22UTC11:11:49Z) UTC
Landing site	North Atlantic Ocean 27°32′N 64°04′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[3]
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