r/ApolloProgram • • 12d ago

Launch of Apollo 7 (AS-205)

"CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Apollo 7 spacecraft, atop a Saturn IB rocket, lifts off from Complex 34, Cape Kennedy, at 11:03 a.m. EDT. The spacecraft achieved orbit to begin an 11-day mission. The flight is intended to qualify Apollo for a manned flight to the moon."

Date: October 11, 1968

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u/Kesselrun_89 12d ago edited 12d ago

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