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Apollo 7
A bearded Walter Schirra, Ap
4/2/08
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A bearded Walter Schirra, Apollo 7 commander, gazes out the rendezvous window in front of the commander's station on the ninth day of the Earth orbital mission. Apollo 7 was crewed by Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham.(JWST) The mission was an engineering test flight designed primarily to test space vehicle and mission support facilities performance during a manned mission. Image Credit: NASA |
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4/2/08 |
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at Cape Kennedy watched a 224-foot-high Saturn 1B space vehicle lift off today from Complex 34 carrying Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham at the start of their scheduled 11-day Earth orbital flight. |
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10/11/1968 |
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