Apollo 7 Astronauts After Splashdown

Apollo 7 Astronauts After Splashdown

Apollo 7 Astronauts

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Apollo 7 (Spacecraft)

Astronauts--United States

Schirra, Walter M. (Walter Marty), 1923-2007

Cunningham, Walter, 1932-

Cunningham, Ronnie Walter, 1932-

Mission Commander Wally Schirra (1923-2007), Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele (1930-1987), and Lunar Module Pilot Walter Cunningham (1932-) exiting the recovery helicopter aboard the USS Essex in the Atlantic Ocean. Apollo 7 launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 11, 1968. It was an Earth orbital mission, which tested the improved Block 2 Command/Service Module (CSM). It was the first time the Apollo CSM had flown on a manned mission. This Apollo mission lasted ten days and tested many of the systems needed to accomplish the Moon landing.

Original black and white photographic print, October 22, 1968: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

1968-10-22

Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, October 22, 1968.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Copyright to this resource is held by Florida Space Coast History Project and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Michlowitz, Robert

Cepero, Laura

"APOLLO 7 (AS-205)." Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Accessed June 25, 2015. http://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/orbital-missions/apollo7.cfm.

1 black and white photographic print