Launch of Apollo 7 (CBS)

CBS coverage of the launch of Apollo 7 - October 11th 1968. Walter Cronkite reports for CBS.

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Science & Technology

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• Apollo
• launch
• saturn
• 1b
• schirra
• cronkite
• nasa
• liftoff
• 1968

[imegatrone]

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[MarleneBomer]

@talzara The Saturn was also much heavier than the Gemini-Titan, not to mention that the Titan used hypergolic fuel, which also helped in the quick rise to orbit.

[JugheadObama]

Old Uncle Commie.

[awigoof]

The Saturn 1B was a 2 Stage Rocket that was capable of putting the Apollo CSM into Earth Orbit only. The Saturn 5 was a 3 Stage Rocket, the largest manned space vehicle ever built, and was the only rocket with the power to send the Apollo CSM and LEM to the Moon. If you notice, the 2nd Stage of the Saturn 1B is exactly the same as the 3rd Stage of the Saturn 5.

[awigoof]

The Saturn 1B was a 2 Stage Rocket that was capable of putting the Apollo CSM into Earth Orbit only. The Saturn 5 was a 3 Stage Rocket, the largest manned space vehicle ever built, and was the only rocket with the power to send the Apollo CSM and LEM to the Moon. If you notice, the 2nd Stage of the Saturn 1B with the exactly the same as the 3rd Stage of the Saturn 5.

[jetfreak4]

@oomblikkies The main difference was the S-IC, the Saturn V's much bigger and more powerful first stage. The Saturn V had three stages...the Saturn 1B had two. The additional third stage meant that most of the work to get into LEO was done by the first and second stages, leaving the third stage with enough fuel for trans-lunar injection. The Saturn 1B also couldn't carry both people and cargo at one time. The Saturn V remains unsurpassed in its ability to carry people and massive cargo at once.

[oomblikkies]

@pacific707 What was the difference between the Saturn 1B and the Saturn 5 that carried the moon orbiting and landing vehicles?

[talzara]

@jetfreak4

SECO for Apollo 7 took place at T plus 10 minutes, 19 seconds.

At 2:27, Walter Cronkite comments: "Slowly, slowly." Previous American manned launches used converted ICBMs. Gemini-Titan reached orbit in five-and-a-half minutes!

[airforcemax]

Three years and two days before the forty year limit (13 October 1971- 2011) Star Guide, AS born the year of Apollo 7 and owned a 1968 Chevy II Nova. We met in 1993 with her late grandmother AT (2003) former SFHS Cafeteria manager Fall 1982/Spring 1983.

[jetfreak4]

Does anyone know how long it took the Saturn IB to reach orbit?