The Saturn IB rocket performed exceptionally well on its first crewed launch. ... Apollo 7 splashed down at 7:11 a.m. EDT on October 22, 1968, approximately 200 nautical miles south of Bermuda.

When Apollo 7’s giant Saturn IB rocket lumbered into space at 11:02 A.M. EDT on Oct. 11, 1968, the eyes of a half-million spectators and 600 accredited journalists crowding Cape Kennedy’s ...

The crew launched on October 22nd, 1968. Throughout the mission's 163 orbits over ten days and 20 hours, Apollo 7's crew put every vital life-support, communications, and navigational system on ...

Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut, dies at 90. ... And before that Redstone rocket had cleared the tower, I heard myself yelling out loud” in profane excitement. That moment, ...

Here’s a what to know about the first flight of the Artemis program, named after Apollo’s mythological twin sister. On Monday, the 322-foot rocket Artemis will attempt to send an empty crew capsule ...

The new rocket is shorter and slimmer than the Saturn V rockets that hurled 24 Apollo astronauts to the moon a half-century ago. But it’s mightier, packing 8.8 million pounds (4 million ...

Apollo 7 — which blasted off on Oct. 11, ... Workers at Cape Kennedy in Florida watched the launch of the Saturn 1-B rocket carrying the Apollo 7 astronauts on Oct. 11, 1968.

Years late and billions over budget, NASA’s new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to ...

Rocket Power. The new rocket is shorter and slimmer than the Saturn V rockets that hurled 24 Apollo astronauts to the moon a half-century ago. But it’s mightier, packing 8.8 million pounds (4 ...