The Apollo 7 was the Apollo Program's first successful spacecraft, with its crew of Commander Walter M. Schirra, Command ...

The last astronauts to lift off from the Air Force side were the Apollo 7 crew on a Saturn IB from LC-34 in October 1968. The Moon landing challenge immediately confronted NASA, however ...

in which three crew members were killed in an accidental fire. But NASA recovered, overhauling its designs and methods, to achieve a successful manned launch with Apollo 7. Apollo 8, the first ...