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Dr. von Braun and Astronaut
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| Name of Image |
Dr. von Braun and Astronaut Walter Schirra |
| Date of Image |
1968-10-01 |
| Full Description |
Dr. von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), greets Commander of Apollo 7 mission, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., during the mission briefing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The Apollo 7 mission, boosted by a Saturn IB launch vehicle on October 11, 1968, was the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft with crew. Other crew members were Astronaut Donn Eisele and Astronaut Walter Cunningham. |
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AS-205 Launch
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AS-205 Launch |
| Date of Image |
1968-10-01 |
| Full Description |
AS-205, the fifth Saturn IB launch vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on the first marned Apollo-Saturn mission, Apollo 7. Primary mission objectives included demonstration of the Apollo crew (Walter Schirra, Don Eisele, and Walter Cunningham) capabilities and the Command/Service Module rendezvous capability. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975. |
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Apollo 7 Crew Portrait
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Apollo 7 Crew Portrait |
| Date of Image |
1968-06-03 |
| Full Description |
Pictured left to right, in the Apollo 7 Crew Portrait, are astronauts R. Walter Cunningham, Lunar Module pilot, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., commander, and Donn F. Eisele, Command Module Pilot. The Apollo 7 mission, boosted by a Saturn IB launch vehicle on October 11, 1968, was the first manned flight of the Apollo spacecraft. |
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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. |
| Release Date |
10/11/1968 |
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Prime crew of the Apollo 7 s
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Prime crew of the Apollo 7 space flight |
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The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205), left to right, are Astronauts Walter Cunningham, lunar modul pilot, Walter M. Schirra Jr., commander, and Donn F. Eisele, command module pilot. All are wearing their space suits without helmets. They were photographed during training at the North American Rockwell Facility at Downey, California. |
| Date Taken |
1968-05-01 |
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Prime crew of the Apollo 7 s
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Prime crew of the Apollo 7 space flight |
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The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205), left to right, are Astronauts Don F. Eisele, command module pilot, Walter M. Schirra Jr., commander, and Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot. All are wearing their space suits without helmets. |
| Date Taken |
1968-05-22 |
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