Status
Success
Apollo 7
Launch Time
Fri Oct 11, 1968 15:02 UTC
Fri Oct 11, 1968 15:02 UTC
It was the first mission in the United States Apollo program to carry a crew into space. It was also the first U.S. spaceflight to carry astronauts since the flight of Gemini XII in November 1966.
Final time humans were launched from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (at the time Air Force Station), until the launch of the Starliner Crew Flight Test (CFT) on an Atlas V from SLC-41 in June 2024.
Rocket
Mission Details
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 fulfilled Apollo 1's mission of testing the Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) in low Earth orbit.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 26,419.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit
Location
LC-34, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1968
97th orbital launch attempt
Saturn IB
5th mission
2nd mission of 1968
5th successful mission