Though it was the first manned mission of the program and the was the first to fly after three colleagues were killed in the Apollo 1 fire, Apollo 7 is probably the least well remembered of all Apollo missions. It wasn't a glamorous flight to the Moon or an exciting test of the exotic lunar module. It was a shakedown cruise of the core Apollo spacecraft, the command and service module (CSM), in Earth orbit. The goal was straightforward: demonstrate that this vehicle was up to the challenge of supporting the demanding lunar landing missions.
The crew is similarly unfamiliar to those who don't immerse themselves in spaceflight history for both work and pleasure...
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Posts: 1337 From: Registered: Aug 2002
posted 01-19-2015 09:48 PM
Fun read. Thanks for posting.