NASA Apollo 7 Mission Lapel Pin
APOLLO 7 Lapel Pin
"The Walt, Wally and Donn Show..."
Crew
Walter Schirra Jr.
Commander
R. Walter Cunningham
Lunar Module Pilot
Donn F. Eisele
Command Module Pilot
Backup Crew
Thomas Stafford
Commander
Eugene Cernan
Lunar Module Pilot
John Young
Command Module Pilot
Payload
CSM-101
Prelaunch Milestones
3/28/68 - S-I ondock at Kennedy
3/28/68 - S-IB ondock at Kennedy
4/7/68 - S-IVB ondock at Kennedy
4/11/68 - S-IU ondock at Kennedy
5/11/68 - launch vehicle at pad
8/9/68 - spacecraft at pad
9/17/68 - Countdown Demonstration Test
Launch
Oct. 11, 1968; 11:02:45 a.m. EST
Launch Complex 34
Saturn-IB AS-205
First Block II CSM
First crewed CSM mission
First three-person American crew
First live TV downlink
Orbit
Altitude: 141.65 miles
Inclination: 31.608 degrees
Orbits: 163 revolutions
Duration: 10 days, 20 hours, nine minutes, three seconds
Distance: 4,546,918.3 miles
Landing
Oct. 22, 1968; 7:11:48 a.m. EDT
Atlantic Ocean
Recovery Ship: USS Essex
