On Liftoff, Jason and I are marking the 50th anniversary of each crewed Apollo mission. Up first, Apollo 7:
In October 1968, Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham spent 11 days in space working the bugs out of the Apollo spacecraft on its first crewed mission. The vehicle performed perfectly; the crew did not.
This is a mission that would have faded into history apart from the mutiny.
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