By Emily Carney, on October 18th, 2014 From NASA’s Human Spaceflight Gallery: “The prime crew of the first manned Apollo space mission, Apollo 7, stands on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are astronauts Walter Cunningham, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter M. Schirra, […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 13th, 2013 Glorious view of the Florida peninsula from Apollo 7. Photo Credit: NASA
Forty-five years ago this week, Project Apollo—the effort to set American boots on the surface of the Moon—rose from the ashes of despair and triumphantly flew an 11-day mission in low-Earth orbit. Apollo 7 astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walt […]
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By Ben Evans, on October 12th, 2013 Commander Wally Schirra (center) and crewmates Donn Eisele (left) and Walt Cunningham restored America’s confidence in the Apollo spacecraft and enabled NASA to put its bold plan for a voyage to lunar orbit in motion. Photo Credit: NASA
On 30 May 1968, a brand-new spacecraft arrived at Cape Kennedy, Fla. Known formally as […]
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