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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 7
Guests socialize with each other and honor Col. Walter Cunningham, United States Marine Corps retired fighter pilot and Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, during the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 7 mission at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Oct. 20, 2018. Apollo 7 was the only manned Apollo mission launched on a Saturn 1-B rocket and from pad 34 at Cape Kennedy. It was the first manned test of the Command and Service Module. The crew orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space. It also featured the first live TV from a manned spacecraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melany Vasquez/Released)