Apollo 7 broadcasts live TV from orbit
OCT 14, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.031071
On this day in 1968 the astronauts aboard the Apollo 7 mission made a live TV broadcast from space. Apollo 7 was the first manned test of the rocket, service module and command module that would be used the following year for the mission to the Moon. This fascinating 15-minute video describes the many tests -- of astronauts, equipment and ground crew -- that ensured that Apollo 11 was a success.
Date in History: 14 October 1968
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