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Apollo 7 by Walter Cunningham of Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
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Dr. von Braun and Astronaut
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Dr. von Braun and Astronaut Walter Schirra |
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1968-10-01 |
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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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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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Apollo 7 prime crew goes thr
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Apollo 7 prime crew goes through suiting up operations prior to launch |
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The Apollo 7 prime crew goes through suiting up operations in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the Apollo 7 prelaunch countdown. From front to rear, are Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., commander, Donn F. Eisele, command module pilot, and Walter Cunningham, lunar module pilot. |
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1968-10-11 |
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