Illustrations

1. Practicing ocean recovery techniques

2. The Apollo 7 crew

3. At the North American plant

4. The crew through the Apollo spacecraft hatch

5. A smiling Donn Eisele

6. The Command and Service Modules

7. Crew press conference

8. Training in the spacecraft simulators

9. Training in the days prior to launch

10. Briefing in the crew quarters by Deke Slayton

11. Reading over the flight plan

12. The rocket

13. Donn Eisele reads the morning paper

14. Donn Eisele at the pre-launch breakfast

15. Some final words from Deke Slayton to Donn Eisele

16. Preparing to launch

17. Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham

18. Apollo 7 launches

19. Apollo 7 clears the top of the launch gantry

20. Apollo 7 accelerates into space

21. A happy Donn Eisele in space

22. Donn Eisele caught in the sun’s glare in space

23. Film still of Donn Eisele working in space

24. Rendezvous with the booster in orbit

25. Flying close to the S-IVB booster in space

26. Donn Eisele in space, with sextant

27. Donn Eisele and Wally Schirra

28. Arriving on the deck of the recovery carrier

29. The crew escorted along the red carpet after splashdown

30. A nauseous Donn Eisele soon after returning to Earth

31. Taking a phone call from President Johnson

32. The Apollo 7 spacecraft is recovered from the ocean

33. On the recovery ship

34. The crew returns to the launch site

35. Extensive debriefings after the mission

36. With Deke Slayton after the flight

37. Receiving an award from President Johnson