Just 21 months after the Apollo 1 tragedy Apollo 7, completed the intended mission of Apollo 1. The crew completed the first test of the newly redesigned command module with the service module. The mission was both NASA’s first 3 man crew and the first televised broadcast of footage from inside a spacecraft.

A few statistics:

• Crew: Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham

• Launch Vehicle: Saturn IB

• Date: October 11 - 22, 1968