IMAGE 400_499\439.Lbm,Emblem for Apollo 7, October 1968: Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham. The first manned Apollo mission.
IMAGE 100_199\187.Lbm,The Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, California, site of mission control for the Voyager missions to the outer planets.
IMAGE 0_99\16.Lbm,Technicians mate the CSM with the Saturn V launch vehicle in the VAB prior to the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7.
IMAGE 1400_99\443.Lbm,Apollo 7 water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. The astronauts are, from the left: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham.
IMAGE 1400_99\442.Lbm,The Apollo 7 astronauts, from the left: Donn Eisele, Walter Cunningham and Walter Schirra.
IMAGE 1400_99\444.Lbm,With the countdown drawing to a close, the Apollo 7 crew complete suiting-up operations on October 11, 1968. They are, from front to rear: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham.
IMAGE 700_799\764.Lbm,A Saturn IB launch vehicle carries Apollo 7 into the heavens on the first manned Apollo flight on October 11, 1968.
IMAGE 1400_99\445.Lbm,A Saturn IB launches the Apollo 7 crew into orbit on October 11, 1968.
IMAGE 1400_99\446.Lbm,The Apollo 7 spacecraft manoeuvres towards the Saturn IVB stage of the launch rocket.
IMAGE 1400_99\447.Lbm,Apollo 7 edges closer to the Saturn IVB stage above their Cape Canaveral launch site.
IMAGE 1400_99\448.Lbm,Apollo 7 simulates docking with the Saturn IVB stage, the white disc is a docking target.
IMAGE 1400_99\449.Lbm,Apollo 7 pilot Donn Eisele sports heavy stubble on the ninth day of the mission.
IMAGE 1400_99\450.Lbm,Walter Cunningham at work in Apollo 7.
IMAGE 1400_99\451.Lbm,The Ganges Plain in India, pictured from Apollo 7.
IMAGE 1400_99\452.Lbm,The Apollo 7 astronauts look down at their home town of Houston. The morning sunlight is reflected from Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
IMAGE 1400_99\453.Lbm,The Apollo 7 astronauts spot this hurricane winding itself up.
IMAGE 1400_99\454.Lbm,An interesting fleecy cloudscape pictured from Apollo 7.
IMAGE 1400_99\455.Lbm,Frogmen attach a flotation collar the Apollo 7 command module shortly after splashdown on October 22, 1968.
MAGE 1400_99\456.Lbm,A helicopter winches up one of the Apollo 7 astronauts aftersplashdown in the Atlantic south of Bermuda.
IMAGE 1400_99\457.Lbm,With 11-day growths of beard, the Apollo 7 crew (left to right) Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham relax aboard the recovery ship USS 'Essex'.
*IMAGE 1400_99\458.Lbm,The Apollo 7 crew start the tradition of being congratulated by the President, in this case Lyndon Johnson. They are, from the left: Donn Eisele, Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham.
*IMAGE 1400_99\458.Lbm,The Apollo 7 crew start the tradition of being congratulated by the President, in this case Lyndon Johnson. They are, from the left: Donn Eisele, Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham.
*IMAGE 1400_99\458.Lbm,The Apollo 7 crew start the tradition of being congratulated by the President, in this case Lyndon Johnson. They are, from the left: Donn Eisele, Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham.
*IMAGE 1400_99\458.Lbm,The Apollo 7 crew start the tradition of being congratulated by the President, in this case Lyndon Johnson. They are, from the left: Donn Eisele, Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham.
