Donn F. Eisele
American - ( NASA)
Deceased
Date of Birth: June 23, 1930
Date of Death: Dec. 2, 1987
Donn Fulton Eisele was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the Command Module Pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
Saturn IB | Apollo 7
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | USACape Canaveral, FL, USA
Oct. 11, 1968, 3:02 p.m.
Status: Success
Mission: Human Exploration
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.
Low Earth Orbit
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Soyuz 2.1b
Kosmos 2565 (Lotos-S1 #7)
43/4 (43R) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationNote: Payload identity uncertain. Multiple other military payloads that are not identified may be on board. Lotos-S1 spacecraft is a part of the L…
Long March 2
Shenzhou 15
Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921) - Jiuquan, People's Republic of ChinaFourth crewed flight to the Chinese large modular space station.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M
Glonass-M No. 61 (Kosmos 2564)
43/3 (43L) - Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian FederationGlonass-M, also known as Uragan-M, are the second generation of Uragan satellite design used for GLONASS satellite navigation system. GLONASS is a Ru…
Long March 2D
Yaogan 36 Group 03
Launch Complex 3 ( LC-3 ) ( LA-1 ) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China3 Chinese military reconnaissance satellites.
Falcon 9
Dragon CRS-2 SpX-26
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA26th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station operated by SpaceX. The flight will be conducted under the second Commer…
