Apollo 7 Crew and Support Team
Dublin Core
Title
Apollo 7 Crew and Support Team
Alternative Title
Apollo 7 Crew and Support Team
Subject
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-
Kleinknecht, Kenneth S.
Slayton, Deke, 1924-1993
Evans, Ronald E., 1933-1990
Description
The Apollo 7 crew and support team having breakfast at John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Merritt Island, Florida, before liftoff on October 11, 1968. Apollo 7 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. Photographed from left to right are Kenneth Kleinknecht, the Manager of Apollo Spacecraft Office; Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele (1930-1987); Mission Commander Wally Schirra (1923-2007); Deke Slayton (1924-1993), the Director Flight Crew Operations; an unidentified person; and Ronald Evans (1933-1990). Lunar Module Pilot Walter Cunningham (1932-) is not pictured here.
Source
Original black and white photographic print, October 11, 1968: Leonard Pugh Collection.
Date Created
1968-10-11
Contributor
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photographic print, October 11, 1968.
Is Part Of
Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
137 KB
Medium
1 black and white photographic print
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Rights Holder
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.
Contributing Project
Curator
Michlowitz, Robert
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
"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.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photographic print
Collection
Citation
“Apollo 7 Crew and Support Team,” RICHES, accessed April 25, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5953.