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Donn Eisele
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Donn Eisele |
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Born on: |
6 Ago 1930 |
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Join NASA in: |
17 Oct 1963 |
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Current status: |
Died 2 Dec 1987 |
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Spaceflight |
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Date |
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Apollo 7 |
CMP |
11.10. - 22.10.1968 |
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Spaceflight experience: |
Donn Eisele was one of the
third group of astronauts selected by NASA in October
1963.
On October 11, 1968, he occupied the command module pilot
seat for the eleven-day flight of Apollo VII—the first
manned flight test of the third generation United States
spacecraft. With spacecraft commander Walter M. Schirra,
Jr., and lunar module pilot Walter Cunningham, Eisele
participated in and executed maneuvers enabling the crew
to perform exercises in transposition and docking and
lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their
Saturn IB launch vehicle; completed eight successful test
and maneuvering ignitions of the service module propulsion
engine; measured the accuracy of performance of all
spacecraft systems; and provided the first effective
television transmissions of onboard crew activities.
Apollo VII was placed in an earth-orbit with an apogee of
153.5 nautical miles and perigee of 122.6 nautical miles;
and the 260-hour, four-and-a-half million mile shakedown
flight was successfully concluded on October 22, 1968,
with splashdown occurring in the Atlantic, some eight
miles from the carrier ESSEX (only three-tenths of a mile
from the originally predicted aiming point).
He served as backup command module pilot for the Apollo X
flight.
Donn Eisele logged 260 hours in space. |
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