The Flight Of Apollo 7 (1968)

Credit: NASA/JSC
Launch date: October 11,1968
Astronauts: Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham
Records life and work on the first manned flight of the Apollo series. Apollo 7 was designated to make the essential test of the Apollo spacecraft before the ambitious lunar-orbital mission could be attempted. All systems respond perfectly. The first television from space highlights the film.
HQ-187 - JSC 498 - (1968) - 15 Minutes
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[@cherylbailey9028]

My uncle was a part of the Apollo launch team in Florida, he is as of today still living in Florida at 92 and still is interesting when talking about the space program.

[@Babayaga-pf5dt]

Great achievements. Good on you both. All the best from Australia 👍

[@brianarbenz7206]

Wow, I'd love to talk with him.

[@albertlert]

Please thank your uncle for all of us who got inspired by his part in this momentous work!

[@michaelvol8922]

I remember watching each of those manned Apollo flights and thinking these guys are amazing true heros. My favorite was always watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. True, heros!

[@KonElKent]

I really don't mean to sound backhanded against their modern counterparts; but the astronauts of the 1960s had a testicular fortitude that just might be unrivaled.

[@XB10001]

Absolutely. Technology and expertise were less refined. Nowadays, astronauts train very hard to become proficient in several fields, which is remarkable in itself, but definitely a different challenge.

[@aryanscience]

Imagine being a Chinese astronaut having to fly in a Chinese built rocket..Now that takes balls!

[@corbinmcnabb]

Hillary required more courage than those that came after him. The first to travel from St Louis to the Rocky Mountains require more than is required now. Pioneers almost always need more than those that come after. It doesn't necessarily mean the ones that come after wouldn't have had the courage. Only that is wasn't needed.

[@dennismartin4659]

Especially when you realize the S-V was man rated after a flight in which it nearly tore itself apart.

[@warrenwhite9085]

‘Right Stuff’ is a NASA PR myth. NASA astronauts are ‘spam in the can’ human cannonballs flying 100% automated craft requiring launch & reentry operations tolerances far beyond human capabilities. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Starliner, now Orion all flew unmanned first. They would fly just as well or better with chimps aboard.

[@pedrodiaz5540]

A magnificent flying machine and a magnificent commander and a superb crew. Arrogant management and flight directors.

[@dehrk9024]

Don Eisele was the cousin of my grandma, this made me so proud!

[@univibe23]

Love these old NASA films. They kind of remind me of the old NFL highlight films I watched as a teenager way, way back.

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

I miss Movietone news reels at the movies. "Three Americans Blast Off" to "Meet The World's Oldest Nun".

[@MrGchiasson]

Remember the 'NFL Follies'.

[@oneworld9071]

univibe23 presuming you're in USA then you must recall saturday/sunday afternoons with "ABC Wide World of Sports"? Always a different sport featured, my favs were skiing, bobsledding, gymnastics. I got my hands on every piece of NASA things as I could..... Gulf (gasoline) stations had a book on sale with photos never seen before, many many hours of creating cockpits out of huge cardboard boxes. Tang was the astronauts' orange juice and there was a Tootsie Roll sort of confection that was billed as real astronaut food :) I still drink too much Tang :) Walter Cronkite was THE MAN for news like this :)

[@restaurantattheendofthegalaxy]

My brothers & I remembered the launch of Apollo 8 and onwards. Our parents were really wowed, but the three of us just felt like something that the astronauts did every Tuesday afternoon.

[@lutzdacunha395]

That's fifty years ago. My God, how the time flies...

[@edstockley8993]

even if they never did....

[@albclean]

@@edstockley8993 Plug your mouth your brain is leaking.

@@albclean You give that idiot-jackass FAR too much credit.

[@alfredfanshaw4786]

@@edstockley8993 we all know it was faked

[@crazyflatlady1816]

@lutz da cunha.... and do you not find it odd that we have not progressed any further then shooting lumbering Rockets around that look exactly the same as they did 50 years ago? We haven't progressed any further then CGI cartoon and future faking? One day we will plant potatoes on the moon one day we will send people to Mars and cultivated. You can't get there from here NASA gets 19 billion dollars a year to show you cartoons and hypnotize you. Look how far everything else has come in 50 years. Do you really think something is important a space travel would go without any real photographs? Have you Googled images photographs real photographs of the Earth from space? They're all CGI composites that one real photograph unless it has a fisheye lens.

[@tomdecuca3627]

Those were some brave men!! So incredible!!

[@ivandelabanque1806]

A bunch of freemason lying bastard, they nuke the van Allan belt ,which only add more radiation, they never set foot on the moon..

[@M2M-matt]

The documentary didn't mention the tensions between the astronauts and mission control when they refused to put on their helmets during re-entry because they felt they could not blow their nose and balance the pressure in their sinuses because of their head olds. They felt damage could be done to their inner ears if they couldn't. Head colds in space are difficult to manage due to the lack of gravity that can naturally clear sinuses. There were other tensions when sleep patterns were disturbed due to minor issues to be dealt with. None of these crew ever flew in the space program with NASA again.

[@DaveF.]

Of course not, this isn't a documentary made by journalists- it's a NASA publicity film.

[@respectdawildo_danjones508]

They all got a bad rap (imo)…

[@m.f.m.67]

Nobody holds a grudge like NASA.@@respectdawildo_danjones508

[@ricjames1557]

Actually this one did mention the tension felt by the astronauts when it came to interruption of their sleep....

[@MrGchiasson]

I remember watching the live TV telecasts from the crew in Earth orbit. It was amazing!

[@TheRealBalloonHead]

MrGchiasson, it was fake man. Movie, and not that good of one really.

[@greenseaships]

They taught us the importance of quarantining astronauts in the days before a flight, that's for sure!

[@sambailey1641]

there isn’t a need to do this. there’s no bacteria on the moon, they couldn’t possibly have brought back any diseases.......

[@davidmella1174]

@@sambailey1641 they said before a flight, not after

[@sambailey1641]

@@davidmella1174 oh, my bad, but what’s the point of that either?

[@davidmella1174]

@@sambailey1641 the point of it is to prevent what happened on apollo 7 (what this video was about). One of them had the common cold and it spread to the entire crew, which (together with the fact that they were in a micro-gravity situation) made them pretty irritable and slowed down progress. If they quarantined before the mission for a few days, they would get sick on Earth before the mission had started and would get swapped out with a new crew (which would also get quarantined for a few days just in case).

[@gasgaslex_photos]

That voice over narrator has a legendary voice

[@JeffGR4]

gasgasLex - I agree 100% and have mentioned this on other videos where he narrates - a classic narrator.

[@-danR]

Yes. An old cold-war documentary voice. A Canadian guy, but I can't remember his name, and still alive. There were 3 or 4 standards, and they all had that baritone baseline resonance that said: 'fact'.

[@KonElKent]

The cigarettes helped...

[@skylz87]

Ikr

[@AnaphoraNigh]

I wonder what he sounded like in everyday situations, saying something like “We really should get a new screen door”.

[@Robert-yk2lk]

The last man alive from that ship died today

[@TheLeadSled]

To think that in 8 years we went from 15 minutes in space to having men walk on the moon, has to be the greatest achievement mankind has ever accomplished.

[@paolostaderini4455]

dopo l'addomesticamento degli animali

[@50buttfish]

Now, SpaceX says "Let's go camping on Mars"; Blue Horizon says "Gimme Your $$$$".

[@michaelgentiluomo5385]

Back then, we thought for sure we'd be on Mars by now!

[@jessicabrickey7834]

The crew looks REALLY buff in their spacesuits

[@science9329]

😂😂😂😂

[@lilblackduc7312]

Great show! Thank you...

[@thesteveus]

Footage of Carnarvon Tracking Station there, Carnarvon, Western Australia.

[@pedrodiaz5540]

101% successful mission, Walter M. Schirra style

[@MRINDIA-pd6rz]

These are man of Steel.

[@normanpeters7544]

Those spacesuits make them look like they have huge lats.

[@bunnyfan9960]

1:08 That astronaut likes buff!! 💪 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@arober9758]

Amazing informational story!!!

[@andreadelia9590]

US has won the cold war against comunism with Apollo missions! thanks a lot!!

[@JP-kk5vw]

That Saturn rocket........Really hits you in the po-po.

[@bcask61]

Thanks, now I want a glass of Tang!

[@mikebtrfld1705]

And Space Food Sticks!

[@KonElKent]

@@mikebtrfld1705 And space ice cream!!

[@Canada_Dominium]

They never used Tang, actually.

[@julioaalfaro8671]

Beautiful.

[@josephastier7421]

You can't wear one of those spacesuits without at least humming the Bee Gee's song "Stayin' Alive".

[@Scyllax]

Joseph Astier Why? The Apollo program ended in 1975.

[@cesardipp1976]

El Apolo 7 amerizó a pocos kilómetros del lugar pautado, después de haber estado 10 días, 20 horas, 9 minutos y 3 segundos en el espacio. La 1era misión tripulada del 'Programa Apolo' regresó con la tripulación salva y los objetivos logrados. EE UU volvió a liderar la carrera espacial. Sin que trascendiera, ocurrió lo impensado. El Apolo 7 no sólo fue un precedente indispensable para la llegada del hombre a la Luna, sino la misión en la que se dió la 1era sublevación espacial. El 27/1/1967, una tragedia paralizó al programa de la NASA. En una prueba de rutina, mientras simulaban operaciones, la cápsula del Apolo 1 se incendió en poco tiempo. Los 3 astronautas no pudieron salir por lon los trajes pesados y los cascos. El fuego había empezado por un cortocircuito en unos cables que estaban a sus pies. Eso hizo que perdieran segundos valiosos, en 30 segundos las llamas los envolvieron. La nave sufrió 137 cambios estructurales: escotillas de escape, nuevos trajes, extinguidores de fuego, reemplazo de todos los cables, nuevas zonas blindadas, eliminación del plástico dentro de la cápsula y un sistema que proveía oxígeno de emergencia. El gran cambio fue el de los protocolos en la toma de decisiones y en las medidas de seguridad. La NASA creía que poseía los sistemas más sofisticados pero al recrear paso a paso cómo había sido la comunicación con la empresa constructora contratada, y cómo las autoridades y los astronautas decidían, modificaciones y aportes, se dieron cuenta de que los controles no eran los debidos. A partir de allí, cada decisión pasó por un sistema rígido de contralor y registro. La institucionalización de esa conducta, hizo llegar a la Luna en el '69. La tripulación suplente del Apolo I, Walter Schirra (45), Don Eisele (38) y Walter Cunningham (36), fue designada para la próxima misión. Schirra, leyenda como piloto de combate en Corea, por más de 90 misiones, fue uno de los 7 miembros originales del Mercury, luego estuvo en el Geminis y por último en el Apolo como comandante de misión. A EE UU lo apremiaban 2 variables que ejercían una presión sobre la NASA: 1. La promesa de JFK de que antes del final del '60 pondrían un hombre en la Luna; 2. El temor de que la URSS consiguiera el objetivo antes que ellos. El Apolo 7 era la última oportunidad. Debía demostrar que en 2 años se habían hecho los avances tecnológicos necesarios y se habían extremado las medidas de seguridad. Un error podía cerrar el programa (muchos congresistas se oponían al gasto de millones de dólares). Las siguientes misiones fueron técnicas, sin tripulación. Sólo para resolver temas indispensables desde la mecánica y lo tecnológico. El Apolo 6 tuvo fallas, el 'Efecto Pogo' (afecta la propulsión de los motores), pero se siguió con la misión. El Apolo 7 sería la 1era misión tripulada en 2 años. Debía estar más de 10 días en órbita, probando los sistemas y verificar cómo funcionaba el módulo de servicio, la cápsula espacial, los motores y los sistemas de comunicación. La tarea era extenuante para la tripulación. El retraso del programa les permitió mayor entrenamiento: pasaron más de 600 horas simulando diversas situaciones y memorizando el sitio y la función de cada uno de los 728 controles manuales. Las pruebas más importantes y exigentes tendrían lugar en los 3 días. La misión se extendería casi 8 días más, para verificar la resistencia de la nave y de los hombres. Los 1eros inconvenientes surgieron el día del lanzamiento. Schirra expuso sus dudas respecto a las condiciones del despegue. Sus jefes le dijeron que el clima permitía que empezara la misión. Hubo pleitos y gritos. El lanzamiento, pese a los temores de los astronautas, fue un éxito. Unos días antes de la misión, Schirra avisó que se retiraba del Programa Apolo, sería su última misión. Estaba harto de la presión y el entrenamiento: "La era espacial es voraz. Se fagocita a la gente. Estoy totalmente devorado por el trabajo, por las exigencias". Schirra conocido por su carácter expansivo, solía hacer bromas y hacerse notar en cada lugar. Pero a bordo del Apolo 7, las peleas entre los tripulantes y los que estaban en la cabina de control fueron frecuentes. Hubo fricciones permanentes. Hasta llegar a la desobediencia por parte de la tripulación. Las causas fueron muchas. La 1era fue la enorme presión sobre el programa. Era la última oportunidad, no había lugar para equivocaciones. Otra fue, lo que después se llamó el "Sindrome de una cosa más". Los expertos en tierra, viendo que todo iban bien y que los astronautas respondían con probidad, incorporaban nuevas pruebas que no estaban pactadas, que aumentaba la carga de la tripulación. Tiempo después se dijo que cada uno de esos requerimientos, aislado del otro, parecía razonable, pero que su suma y en esas circunstancias de stress, se convirtió en algo irracional. La NASA, al buscar la perfección técnica, olvidó que se desgastaban en la misión, los astronautas. Éstos tenían una cantidad de entrenamiento demencial encima, pero eran hombres de gran personalidad que habían superado muchas pruebas, que habían, como Schirra, derribado aviones enemigos, que se habían eyectado de cazas a miles de metros de altura, que habían visto la muerte cerca. Hombres que respetaban jerarquías pero que en los momentos límites, tomaban sus propias decisiones. A Schirra lo habían tomado por su capacidad de mando, por el don de resolver problemas bajo presión. Él estaba al mando y tenía la última palabra. Hubo otros 2 factores que propiciaron el motín inédito: la gripe y la falta de sueño. A menos de 12 horas del lanzamiento, los astronautas sufrieron una enfermedad rara (una gripe 'espacial'), por las nuevas condiciones en las que se hallaban. La falta de gravedad agravó los síntomas. Los senos nasales y los oídos repletos de mucosidad, hizo la congestión dolorosa y molesta. Sentían que su cráneo podía estallar. Tomaron aspirinas y antigripales, pero sin efecto. Y se sumaba un cambio en la misión. Se ordenó que todo el tiempo hubiese un tripulante despierto y en comunicación con la NASA. Eso afectó el descanso (y el humor) de los astronautas. El 1er choque se produjo cuando desde la base se les pidieron comprobar si la cámara de TV funcionaba. Ponerla en marcha demandaba esfuerzo. Al principio Schirra siguió con el plan de vuelo, sin responder. Cuando insistieron, contestó mal. Les recordó que tenían muchas tareas pendientes y que estaban sin comer: "La cámara todavía está guardada", respondió cortante. "No hay chance que nos salgamos del plan de trabajo original para hacer esa prueba", terminó la discusión. Lo de la TV no era algo menor. El Apolo 7 fue el 1er vuelo que transmitió desde el espacio. Cuando llegó el momento de la transmisión, los astronautas se mostraron afables y graciosos. Cada una de esas emisiones fue un gran suceso. La NASA sabía que la carrera espacial también se jugaba en la comunicación. Y la TV era el medio en esos años, que lograba multiplicar exponencialmente el mensaje. Pero Schirra tenía prioridades: "Nosotros nos opusimos a todo lo que interfería a nuestras prioridades primarias, a lo que implicaba que el vuelo fuera perfecto técnicamente. Y probar la cámara en ese momento era algo trivial, innecesario. Los que estaban en tierra no pensaron eso. Y ya nos pusieron el mote de malhumorados y desobedientes", escribió en sus memorias. Cuando la misión llevaba más de 7 días, les pidieron hacer una prueba exigente fuera del programa. Al terminar, se escuchó el vozarrón indignado y congestionado de Schirra: "Me gustaría saber el nombre del idiota al que se le ocurrió esta prueba. Ya lo voy a encontrar cuando baje de acá". Desde tierra no hubo respuesta. Los expertos y directivos del programa espacial estaban sorprendidos y ofendidos con la actitud (desplantes y autónomía) de los astronautas. La última discusión y desobediencia se dio minutos antes del amerizaje. Siguiendo el protocolo, les informaron que se pusieran sus cascos. Era la 1era misión que usaba los tipo pecera, herméticos, sin posibilidad de que se levantara el visor. Los astronautas informaron que no los usarían. Temían que la congestión nasal y ótica, más los cambios de presión, provocaran rotura de tímpanos. Así tenían la posibilidad de sonarse la nariz o de presionarla para calmar sus oídos. Con los envoltorios plásticos de los alimentos se envolvieron los cuellos, para proteger sus cabezas del impacto del amerizaje. Le hablaron del peligro de la despresurización, del impacto del aterrizaje, de la desaceleración: "Los cascos quedan afuera. Esto es el Apolo 7. Estoy dispuesto a discutir toda la misión con ustedes cuando lleguemos a casa", dijo Schirra. Desde la base la orden se repitió, tajante. Schirra les recordó que la nave estaba a su cargo, que él era el comandante. Y que no se pondrían los cascos: "Vení y ponémelo", terminó la conversación Wally Schirra. Lo último que dijo el director del programa fue: "Sólo estamos cuidándolos. Al fin y al cabo es tu cuello. Espero que no te lo rompas". Casi 10 minutos después, el Apolo 7 acabó su misión de 163 órbitas. El 22/10/1968 diarios y TV celebraron el regreso. Para la NASA la misión fue un éxito, se lograron los objetivos buscados. Los enconos entre la tripulación y sus jefes, sólo se conocieron años después. (Fuente: Infobae)

[@brianarbenz7206]

Fine technical assessment of the Apollo 7 mission, but this NASA film whitewashed the clash between the crew and controllers over whether helmets should be worn during re-entry. Wally Shirrah’s insistence on eschewing them may have saved the crew’s hearing, but petty NASA grounded Walt Cunningham and Don Eisele over it. Then, there’s the “water droplets” which looked like stars. The crew nicknamed them “The Constellation U-rion,” if you get it.

[@brianmessemer2973]

Yes. I loved that little detail in Apollo 13 (1995) where Fred Haise, played so well by the late-great Bill Paxton, jettisons his urine and remarks, "the constellation U-rion" as we see an external shot of the urine leaving the CM. Really great little detail that helps build the world for the audience.

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Thanks

[@JohnPiperBoots]

3 Jan 2023 - Astronaut Walter Cunningham dead at 90. RIP. Eternal life thru Jesus the Son of GOD. John 3:16,17 🌟🌠✝✝✝

[@jpsned]

Truly now an unheralded flight, almost forgotten today.

[@tailhookmd2546]

Only 9 months later Apollo 11 landed on the moon. That’s insane.

[@kidpagronprimsank05]

They actually quite behind schedule a bit due to Apollo 1 fire, delayed them for 18 months, so they a tad bit rush. Apollo 8 was great example how bold NASA was to meet Kenedy's schedule

[@allangibson2408]

@JZ's BFF Ruining a country’s finances was the entire idea. The country was Russia. The US economy could afford it. Russia couldn’t.

[@allangibson2408]

@JZ's BFF Russia went broke - the US didn’t… Russia spent far less than the US did…

[@hackneysaregreat]

that were great days...

[@KonElKent]

If anyone ever says there's no such thing as "space madness", I like to tell them the story of Apollo 7...

[@peterm3964]

Fun fact .Neil Armstrong said “ I only have a limited number of steps to take in this life . I am not going to waste them jogging .”

[@brianarbenz7206]

But in the 1/6 G of Tranquility Base, walking was for all purposes jogging.

[@vaultsuit]

Source?

[@tortysoft]

I lived through this period. I remember Apollo4 and I think 6 - the Angry Aligator -but nothing of 7. I wonder why ! I was hooked on Apollo. Very odd. Possibly I thought it small fry after seeing a full stack launch.

[@brianarbenz7206]

Apollo 7, crucial as it was, was largely pushed out of history by the fantastic drama of Apollo 8.

[@allangibson2408]

Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo flight. You are thinking of Gemini…

[@rinaldocanoso158]

Like from Brazil. I love Apollo mission.

[@winegeek2949]

I'm opening the first Space Brothel franchise

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Do you take American Express? Just checking....

[@pedrodiaz5540]

Chris Kraft ego was bigger than all the astronauts together, he said they will never fly again and they didn’t, I don’t really like him, he didn’t respect the commander decision of not using the helmet during re entry

[@Hellridermetal]

Chile! 11:40 !!! Se ve perfectamente la bahía de Antofagasta y los Salares del desierto!.

[@alexanderrahr6192]

Do you think, Apollo 1 with Grissom, White and Chaffee would have accomplished the mission as successful? I wonder why Slayton did not commanded Stafford instead of Eisele as CM pilot.

[@hoytoy100]

Cajones gigante!

[@chenthilselvan5689]

Super. Thanks you tube.

[@iktn132]

You can still see some ash or burn marks from Apollo 1 when they show the whiteroom

[@M2M-matt]

Looked lots of times I can see no burn marks. Pretty sure that whole area was rebuilt after Apollo 1.

[@Zoomer30]

Wow, looks like that swing arm just misses the service module RCS jet quad.

[@tarkus07]

1:04 What does that briefcase connected to the suit by a hose mean???

[@MrEh5]

Portable air conditioner.

[@tarkus07]

@@MrEh5 With the capsule being pressurized... I don't see why, well, it looks pretty cool.

[@pcguysoffgridcabin]

After this, Wally made a lot of money promoting Actifed

[@Scyllax]

pcguys-off-grid-cabin I remember him being ripshit about sending civilians into space after the Challenger disaster.

[@Canada_Dominium]

Saturn IB: eight Redstones lashed together top and bottom with an S-IVB stuck on top.

[@robertcampbell6349]

With a Juno II central tank.

[@Canada_Dominium]

@@robertcampbell6349 Cut costs, use up ready-made parts, and show the President a 'new' rocket all in one package.

[@allangibson2408]

@@Canada_Dominium The tanks were Redstone and Juno diameter but significantly longer and lacking the internal bulkheads. They just used the same manufacturing tooling.

[@ramaroodle]

Chris Kraft made sure none of those guys ever flew again. He thought the crew especially Wally were insubordinate. Major fight over not wearing helmets during re entry.

[@douglasjohnson6404]

What was their logic in not wearing helmets? Maybe if there was a failure during re entry it wouldn't matter anyway?

[@yassassin6425]

@@douglasjohnson6404 Possibility of depressurisation.

[@robertcampbell6349]

@@douglasjohnson6404 Changes in cabin pressure. The Apollo command module was only pressurized to 5 psi with pure oxygen. As the capsule descended, vents opened to equalize pressure with ambient conditions. The Apollo 7 astronauts developed colds in space, resulting in congestion, which can prevent their middle ears from equalizing on their own. Aviators employ the valsalva maneuver - close the nostrils and exhale sharply to pressurized their middle ears and equalize pressure. The crew would not be able to valsalva with their helmets on, potentially resulting in ruptured ear drums.

[@timvandenbrink4461]

@@robertcampbell6349 Commercial divers use that maneuver too. I would often have to reach through my neck seal to hold my nose as to equalize the pressure on my ears, especially on a quick descent.

[@jeffgorham8819]

The infamous 10 Day Cold Capsule.

[@lawrencetate145]

Wally saw to it the other two were screwed.

[@agena6594]

1:06 *_RIPPED_*

[@stokepogue]

Voice-over guy sounds like the FRONTLINE voice-over

[@DeweyTucker]

christianege, you are funny 😆🤣😁😂

[@brandaoz]

Thank you mr Von Brown...the irony........

[@Scyllax]

jony brandaoz Von Braun. Idiot.

[@Startrash001]

@Jamie O'Neill not really, brown just comes close to the real pronunciation

[@brandaoz]

@@Scyllax You're the idiot,cause you know that i made a mistake,and instead of helping me,you try to appear superior/smarter or something like that..help to correct others,but maintain you're self humble..

[@markmeade478]

3 brave men doing a systems shake down on the command module and service module. all the navigation systems had to be tested. They where hero's because things could have gone so wrong, and at this point Apollo was behind schedule and major problems had to be ironed out....

[@rogerkearns8094]

None of them flew again.

[@nicholasmaude6906]

True however this was Schirra's last flight anyway as he'd planned on retiring from the astronaut corp before Apollo 7 flew.

[@rogerkearns8094]

@@nicholasmaude6906 I didn't know that, thanks.

[@sartainja]

After being treated so badly, they probably did not want to fly again.

[@hasinabegum7541]

Hi 👋 Farjik bro

[@hugobaires2113]

Notice how the thumb picture looks like Aztec astronaut small head big shoulder small waist strong legs

[@MGBranco]

Just hope that 50 years from now we land on Mars…! More or less 100years after this....what happened if we don't? That exponential space conquering technology advancement curve just collapsed after the Apollo program...

[@paolostaderini4455]

best heroes ever if think to fire of apollo 1

[@PAULLONDEN]

*Fascinating !*

[@kevincooper4912]

Video listed as Apollo 5....not Apollo 7 What gives?

[@allgood6760]

Read the book: The All American Boys.. thanks👍🇳🇿

[@Philshki82]

The earth has a stutter.

[@Dr_goa98]

Saturn 1b ?

[@maxfan1591]

Yes.

[@rogermurray5582]

October 11,22,1968 55th Anniversary Apollo 7 After Apollo 1 Fire 🔥 Apollo 1 Astronaut Wally Schirra Walter Cunningham Saw 👀 3 😁 UFO 🛸 in formation in Space Radio 📻 NASA Spot 3 😁 Bogey's

[@SuperFantasticc]

i like space someday i'mg oona be an astronut

[@killordie10]

MelMizton Did you ever make it?

[@sikskulll]

Update from the future

[@brianarbenz7206]

English is not as issue for Astronauts, who say made up words like Godspeed, extra-vehicular and copesetic.

[@ด.ญ.กัลยาภรณ์ชูเพชร]

สุขสันต์Apollo7

[@Fishing_is_life_303]

I went to see the REAL Apollo 7 for real

[@jamesjeffreypaul]

Inspiring.

[@daviddellit8344]

Mighty Men; awesome God.

[@DaveF.]

LoL "Water particles dumped overboard".. i.e. urine.

[@dustyboy007]

I can’t believe it I didn’t know this I just tipped nasa 1968 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

LOL, "water particle dumped overboard." Why would they EVER waste water by dumping it overboard? They are talking about urine there.

[@josephastier7421]

The fuel cells generate water as a byproduct of reacting hydrogen with oxygen. The crew can't possibly use it all (spacecraft use a LOT of electricity), so the excess gets dumped to save mass. The piss goes out too, but mostly it's clean water.

[@alan-sk7ky]

@@josephastier7421 ah yes, the constellation Urion...

[@josephastier7421]

@Richard E. Miranda Jr. This is stuff that was taught in American high school science classes. "How does a spacecraft get electricity"? You will notice a conspicuous absence of solar panels on Apollo anything. They couldn't use RTGs because it was a manned mission. What else *makes* electricity? Fuel cells. "How does a fuel cell work?" ...

[@nicholasmaude6906]

@@josephastier7421 RTGs would've been inadequate for the Apollo CSM.

[@christianege4989]

@james crowe Shut up conspirtard.

[@Nautilus1972]

When men were proper men. The last real heroes. And we lost the plans for that magnificent rocket. To think our pinnacle in rocketry came 50 years ago and we no longer possess the wherewithal to recreate it ... terrible.

[@cardayz1391]

NASA is currently working towards creating the SLS system, which will greatly out perform the Saturn series and bring us back into deep space

[@curt1947]

Lost the plans.. that has to be most idiot comment I have ever read

[@albclean]

@@curt1947 No,there is no way to bring it back into production anyway and besides there are three flight ready examples that never flew that are in museums now only have to reverse Engineer,but the technology is dated. It was better to have never stopped building them but nixon screwed the pooch.

[@richardvernon317]

Plans were not lost, unfortunately to build something you need more than just blue prints, you need the engineers notes and what was just held in the minds of the engineers who built the things. Those notes were not archived and the Engineers are mostly dead from old age.

[@cowboybob7093]

Skylab-III was boosted with the re-cycled stretched S-I they landed in the Atlantic using a refinement of the descent stage legs. But when they orbited the X-15E with the ceramic tiles I knew they were on to something. It was great when Nixon opened trade with the unified Vietnam in '73 but his genius was pouring 1/2% of the national budget into molten salt reactors after the OPEC oil embargo. Those countries' revenue stabilized after oil began to be used exclusively for plastics and not for fuel, constitutional democracies became the law of the land, they made peace with Israel and now Christian churches dot the Saudi Arabian map. #alternativetimeline

[@swatijain6466]

1:52

[@РоманГнатюк-ш8з]

Красиві кадри !!! Не те що в СССР. .. ! ....

[@СергейТалалов-н4ш]

Не понятно в автобус село трое а вышло двое!

[@РоманГнатюк-ш8з]

....Троє !!!... . .

[@thomthumbe]

Very impressive how this Saturn 1B morphed into a Saturn V on its way to orbit! 2:49 What will technology think of next! 🤪

[@dtkristy1]

I don’t know what you think you are seeing in that clip, but it’s nowhere close to a Saturn V. That’s first stage S1B just before cutoff and it would need 25% more length to be a Saturn V.

[@iktn132]

@@dtkristy1 Thom is a tin foil hat man

[@robertcampbell6349]

Spoken like a career short school bus rider.

[@tammyleederwhitaker649]

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹1111. MOON... Launch date11 .. Published date 11.. Year of my birth.......SIGNS... Apollo 11

[@nicholasmaude6906]

The funny thing with Apollo 7 is that its crew was so overworked they went on strike;).

[@MaynardGKrebs-gv4vy]

Total crap. Wally Schirra over-ruled mission control about wearing their helmets when they landed.

[@christianege4989]

No, the striking crew was later the crew of Skylab 4 in 1973.

[@thomasucc]

?

[@visteobman4085]

Nothing was about chance... lol.

[@thomasjacques5286]

Guess that would be considered "toxic masculinity" these days.

[@kennethgengler2094]

Hyperextended groin.

[@neilbishop1686]

Can you say UCD..urine collection device...

[@neilbishop1686]

Can you say UCD...urine collection device..

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Back when MEN got colds and kept working! Unlike now.

[@allangibson2408]

Covid ain’t a cold. Astronauts would be grounded if they turned up with Covid, just like they were with German Measles exposure. Medical treatment in orbit just isn’t possible.

[@dougharvey9766]

no delay in communication... why is that ?

[@valentinotera3244]

few hundreds km distance?

[@dougharvey9766]

@@valentinotera3244 So why the delay for the ISS ?

[@valentinotera3244]

@@dougharvey9766 Show me your own calculation and timing of delays your talking about.

[@dougharvey9766]

@@valentinotera3244 I have seen video from the ISS bullshit LOL check it yourself

[@Mr_Bartt]

@@dougharvey9766 Probably because ISS nowadays using TDRS system and Apollo-7 used maybe some direct communication with ground control.

[@patsmith6867]

Lance Armstrong and Buzz Lightyear never landed on thre Moon . it was Michael Jackson who did the Moonwalk !

[@peteshea155]

man to the wombman. 3 sperms in astronauts final broke thru. re-pair.

[@jasonaltham7013]

Wtf?

[@robertcampbell6349]

Smoke crack much?

[@crazyflatlady1816]

LOL #autohoax #drainthepool

[@TheRealBalloonHead]

Crazy Flat Lady, u got that right, I can’t believe anyone really believes this tripe is true.

[@robertcampbell6349]

Internet connections in padded cells is a very bad idea.

[@belkys120]

WHO WALKS AROUND , ( NASA , WERING A ASTRONAUT 👨🏻‍🚀 👨🏻‍🚀👨🏻‍🚀 . SUIT .? ) . ( UNLESS ) , HE IS COMING OR GOING TO ANGER 18- TO ( FILM , ANOTHER , MOON 🌙 LANDING !!! . ) . 🥼🙈🙉🙊🥼😂🤣😂🚀🚀🚀😄....THE SHOW MUST , GO ON .!!!!! 😂...

[@EVRose60]

Was it traumatic for you riding the short buus to school? (buss misspelled intentionally)

[@robertcampbell6349]

Psychotic post

[@DeweyTucker]

The moon landings are as valid as the theories of gravity.

[@christianege4989]

Exactly, both are countless times proven beyond any doubt.

[@philwright2480]

Ok Cletus

[@DeweyTucker]

christianege 😆😂🤣😁

[@DeweyTucker]

Phil Wright The moon landings are as valid as the theories of gravity.

[@philwright2480]

@@DeweyTucker totally proveable

[@AndreyArsenin]

Astronots - "National Association of Space Actors" legend.

[@robertcampbell6349]

Fucktard

[@ronaldfields8835]

I guess NASA couldn't afford to put cameras on the capsule as it supposedly re enterd earths atmosphere! OOOPS THEY NEVER LEFT ANYWHERE EXCEPT THE MGM FILM STUDIOS

[@robertcampbell6349]

Get a job and move out of your parents' basement, loser.

[@robertcampbell6349]

Smeghead

[@TheWokeFlatEarthTruth]

Hi R, hope that you are well. Unfortunately, your personal incredulity is proof only of itself. Take care.

[@TheRealBalloonHead]

If you can’t tell you’re watching a crappy science fiction movie, I can’t help you... Please please try to look with open eyes.

[@iktn132]

sholland42... just keep your opinion to yourself

[@airfun5001]

sholland42 please do

[@robertcampbell6349]

Fucktard

[@brad9956]

If you actually believe what you posted, you’re beyond help. Try using your brain for thinking instead of as a seat cushion.

[@robertcampbell6349]

I don't want your "help". You're an idiot

[@edstockley8993]

Astronots courtesy of Stanley Kubrick.....

[@michelgardes]

And you must be a courtesy of the local circus.

[@albclean]

Another movie fan that needs brought back to reality.

[@kennedymcgovern5413]

You're a moron

[@5milingAssassin]

@shillslayer you probably have hundreds, you flat earth nobody.

[@philwright2480]

Debunked BS you need to catch up