OTD In Space - October.11: Apollo 7 Launches The 1st Apollo Crew Into Orbit
On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham.
This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space. Apollo 7 rebooted the Apollo program after a fire killed three astronauts during a launch rehearsal 20 months earlier. NASA needed to prove that their Apollo spacecraft worked with this mission, which was really more of a test flight. Though the spacecraft seemed to work alright, the crew got a little snippy during their 11 days in space. First they suffered from motion sickness after launch, then Schirra came down with a cold, and the crew was constantly arguing with mission control and each other. None of the Apollo 7 astronauts went back to space after that.
This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space. Apollo 7 rebooted the Apollo program after a fire killed three astronauts during a launch rehearsal 20 months earlier. NASA needed to prove that their Apollo spacecraft worked with this mission, which was really more of a test flight. Though the spacecraft seemed to work alright, the crew got a little snippy during their 11 days in space. First they suffered from motion sickness after launch, then Schirra came down with a cold, and the crew was constantly arguing with mission control and each other. None of the Apollo 7 astronauts went back to space after that.
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00:00 On this day in space.
00:03 In 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schera, Don Isell, and Walter Cunningham.
00:09 This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space.
00:13 Apollo 7 rebooted the Apollo program after a fire killed three astronauts during a launch rehearsal 20 months earlier.
00:19 NASA needed to prove that their Apollo spacecraft worked with this mission, which was really more of a test flight.
00:24 Though the spacecraft seemed to work alright, the crew got a little snippy during their 11 days in space.
00:29 First they suffered from motion sickness after launch, then Schera came down with a cold,
00:34 and the crew was constantly arguing with mission control and each other.
00:37 None of the Apollo 7 astronauts went back to space after that.
00:40 And that's what happened on this day in space.
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