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Apollo 7
| Mission Number: AS-205 | 11-22 October 1968 |
Crew:
Backup Crew:
Thomas
P. Stafford, Commander
John W.
Young, CSM Pilot
Eugene
A. Cernan, LM Pilot
Launch:
Pad: 34
Date: 11 October 1968
Time: 15:02:45 UTC
Orbit:
Altitude: 140 x 183 miles
Orbits: 163
Duration: 10 days, 20 hours, 8 minutes
Landing:
Location: Atlantic Ocean, SE of Bermuda (27° 32' N, 64° 04' W)
Vessel: USS
Essex (CVS-9)
Date: 22 October 1968
Time: 11:10:45 UTC
Launched with a Saturn-IB. This mission was a shakedown flight for the Command and Service Module. All the crew members came down with colds during the flight. In violation of NASA policy, no one wore a helmet during reentry for fear of rupturing their ear drums.
The Apollo 7 command module is on loan from the National Air and Space Museum to the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas TX.