Mission record

Saturn IB | Apollo 7

Saturn IB· Launch Complex 34· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Human Exploration
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 11 Oct 1968 15:02:45 GMT
Orbital launch #
#888 ever

Mission

The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele, and Lunar Module Pilot R. Walter Cunningham. Their mission was Apollo's 'C' mission, an 11-day Earth-orbital test flight to check out the redesigned Block II Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) with a crew on board.

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