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Apollo 7

Preceded by: Apollo 6 - Followed by: Apollo 8

Apollo 7: NASA

Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. It was an eleven-day earth-orbital mission, the first manned launch of the Saturn 1-B launch vehicle, and the first three-man American space mission.

Launched: October 11, 1968

Returned: October 22, 1968

Crew members: Wally Schirra[?] (commander), Donn Eisele[?] (senior pilot) and Walter Cunningham[?] (pilot).

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