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NASA footage of the launch of Apollo 7 the first manned Apollo on a Saturn IB rocket

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Apollo 7 Launch (PAO)

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Launch of Apollo 7 (CBS)

CBS coverage of the launch of Apollo 7 - October 11th 1968. Walter Cronkite reports for CBS.

Apollo 7 - Wikipedia

First crewed mission of the Apollo space program Apollo 7 was an October 1968 human spaceflight mission carried out by the United States. It was the first mission in the United States' Apollo program to carry a crew into space. It was also the first U.S. spaceflight to carry astronauts …

Apollo 7

Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Human Exploration

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 34 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Saturn IB

Family:
Configuration: IB

The Saturn IB (pronounced "one B", also known as the Uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It replaced the S-IV second stage of the Saturn I with the much more powerful S-IVB, able to launch a partially fueled Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) or a fully fueled Lunar Module (LM) into low Earth orbit for early flight tests before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready.

Specifications

Stages
2
Length
43.2 m
Diameter
6.61 m
Fairing Diameter
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Launch Mass
590.0 T
Thrust
7100.0 kN

Family

Name
Saturn IB
Family
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Variant
IB
Alias
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Full Name
Saturn IB

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
21000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
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Apollo CSM-101

In-active Human Rated Crew On-board: 3 Crew Capacity: 3 Payload Capacity: 1050 kg

Destination: Low Earth Orbit

Serial Number: CSM-101

CSM-101 was an Apollo Command & Service Module used in the Apollo 7 mission.

Apollo Command/Service Module Details

Crew

Wally Schirra

Commander - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: March 12, 1923
Date of Death: May 3, 2007

Donn F. Eisele

Command Module Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: June 23, 1930
Date of Death: Dec. 2, 1987

Walter Cunningham

Lunar Module Pilot - configurations.Country.None - ( NASA )

Status: Deceased

Date of Birth: March 16, 1932
Date of Death: Jan. 3, 2023

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

(NASA)

Acting Administrator: James Free Founded: 1958 Successes: 121 Failures: 20 Pending: 6

Agency Type:

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.

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