Manned Flight No. | 26 |
Manned flight of the USA No. | 17 |
The manned flight of the Apollo No. | 1 |
Launch: | 10/11/1968 15:02:45 |
Landing: | 10/22/1968 11:11:48 |
Duration: | 10 d 20 h 9 m 3 s (260 h 9 m 3 s) |
Orbits: | 163 |
Distance: | 7 317 555 km |
Backup Crew: | Thomas Stafford, Commander Eugene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot John Young, Command Module Pilot |
Donn Eisele
(Command Module Pilot)
Astronaut No. 31
Astronaut of the USA No. 20
Eisele: 1st flight
Cumulative time: 10 d 20 h 9 m 3 s
(260 h 9 m 3 s)
Walter Schirra
(Commander)
Astronaut No. 9
Astronaut of the USA No. 5
Schirra: 3rd flight
Cumulative time: 12 d 7 h 13 m 38 s
(295 h 13 m 38 s)
Walter Cannigham
(Lunar Module Pilot)
Astronaut No. 32
Astronaut of the USA No. 21
Cunningham: 1st flight
Cumulative time: 10 d 20 h 9 m 3 s
(260 h 9 m 3 s)
Apollo 7 lifts off from Cape Kennedy, for the first manned orbital mission.
The Apollo 7 spacecraft after splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean.
The longest flight:
12/04/1965 13 d 18 h 35 m 01 s (330 h 35 m 1 s) Frank Borman and James Lovell
The largest number of flights: 3 Schirra
The most cumulative time in space: 17 d 17 h 9 m 32 s (425 h 9 m 32 s) James Lovell
First manned flight on the program Apollo. The first American crew with three astronauts. For the first time an astronaut - Walter Schirra - makes the third space flight.