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Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission. The crew consisted of Walter Schirra (Commander), and Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele. Apollo 7 was Schirra's 3rd space flight and the first for Eisele and Cunningham. Their 11 day mission launched on October 11, 1968. After 2 days in space, the astronauts all came down with head colds, which caused the astronauts to become irritable and uncooperative with mission control. Schirra had decided before the flight that Apollo 7 would be his last flight, however, Eisele and Cunningham were both hoping to fly again. Eisele was assigned as backup on Apollo 10. Normally, that would mean he would be named to prime crew 3 flights later (Apollo 13), however, his behavior on Apollo 7 and his very public divorce made him unacceptable to NASA management. Following Apollo 7, Cunningham was named to a management role for the Skylab project. He claims in his book that he was to command the first Skylab mission, but Pete Conrad decided he wanted to fly again and was given command of the Skylab 2 mission. Cunningham left NASA shortly after that.
In spite of running afoul of NASA management, Apollo 7 was by all accounts a success. They made numerous maneuvers using the SPS engine that would send astronauts out of lunar orbit. Apollo 7 was successful enough that NASA decided to change the Apollo 8 flight plan from a high earth orbital mission to a lunar orbital mission. That change was instrumental in achieving Kennedy's goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth".
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∙ 15y agoThe first man in space was Yuri Gugarin, a Soviet Cosmonaut who orbited the earth in 1961.
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∙ 11y agoFirst person in space was a Russian cosmonaut, first person to land was Neil Armstrong on Earth's Moon.
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Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon and how did it occur?
The first astronaut in space was Alan shepherd, while Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
Who was the seventh man to walk on the moon?
Astronaut Alan .B.Shepherd was the first American astronaut to go in space. He did a sub orbit of the earth in his Mercury spacecraft. He was the Apollo 14 commander.
First astronaut in space?
The first astronaut in space was the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in April of 1961. His flight lasted for 108 minutes in which he orbited Earth once. The first American in space was Alan Shepard in May of 1961.
What did valentia tereshkova do?
She was the first woman in space, in 1963.
Who was the first American astronaut to float in space?
neil Armstrong
What is a three man spacecraft?
Three Astronauts; one space craft. Apollo was the first three Astronaut spacecraft.
When did first American go into space?
On May 5, 1961, Astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first American Astronaut to leave the earth's atmosphere. Also Neil Armstrong was part of Apollo 11.
Who was the mission commander that landed Apollo 14 in 1971?
Alan Shepherd (who was an original Mercury astronaut and the first American in space)
Who was the first scientist-astronaut in space?
Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, a trained geologist, landed on the moon aboard Apollo 17.
Was Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to walk on the moon?
No. John Glenn was the first astronaut to orbit the moon. He was also the third American to reach space. The first person to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong, during the Apollo 11 space mission.
Who was the first astronaut to walk on the moon and how did it occur?
The first astronaut in space was Alan shepherd, while Yuri Gagarin is the first cosmonaut in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
Which astronaut has a cold in space?
The Apollo 7 astronauts came down with colds in space -- first Wally Schirra, then his crewmates Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham.
Who was the seventh man to walk on the moon?
Astronaut Alan .B.Shepherd was the first American astronaut to go in space. He did a sub orbit of the earth in his Mercury spacecraft. He was the Apollo 14 commander.
Who was the first American astronaut to go into outer space?
Alan sheperd was the first astronaut in space.
Who is the only astronaut to fly on Mercury Gemini and Apollo space flights?
Wally Schirra
Who waz the first astronaut to set foot on the moon?
The first astronaut to set foot on the moon was the American astronaut Neil Armstrong in the Apollo 11.
Why was Alan B Shepard grounded for the Gemini flight in 1963?
Alan shepherd was in space as the first astronaut in space, he had a slight teart trouble so he was grounded till Apollo 14.
