Commander Wally Schirra: "The flight is a low earth-orbital ... Announcer: It was Apollo 7 that made way for Apollo 8, the flight around the moon. Major space accomplishments by Russia in 1968 ...
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“No books or magazines,” wrote Wally Schirra, who commanded Apollo 7 in ... it is highly improbable that America could have safely reached the Moon. And that, surely, is a legacy of which ...
Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra ... orbit around the moon, and then return to Earth. Frank Borman was commander, ...
Apollo 7 laid the groundwork for a journey of orbiting the Moon and then ... and Commander Wally Schirra reluctantly agreed ...