Apollo 7 was the first manned Apollo mission.
In earth orbit the crew practiced rendezvous maneuvers with the S-IVB stage of the Saturn 1B rocket which had took them into
earth orbit. These maneuvers were relevant exercises as they simulated the later need of docking with the LM.
Apollo 7 war die erste bemannte Apollo Mission. Im Erdorbit hat die Crew Rendezvousmanöver mit der S-IVB Stufe der Saturn 1B
Rakete, die sie in den Orbit brachte, praktiziert. Diese Manöver waren relevante Übungen, sie haben das spätere Andocken
an das LM simuliert. |

Image base: S68-53187, Credit NASA |