Cunningham in Space Suit

Caption courtesy NASA press release, September 9, 1968: "Apollo 7 crew member Walter Cunningham suits up in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building in preparation for today's Space Vehicle Emergency Egress Test conducted at Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34. Cunningham, and astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donn F. Eisele will orbit the earth in an open-ended mission scheduled to span 10 days to verify crewmen and spacecraft. This will be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first manned Apollo flight.", Credit Line: NASA, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Abstract/Description: Caption courtesy NASA press release, September 9, 1968: "Apollo 7 crew member Walter Cunningham suits up in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building in preparation for today's Space Vehicle Emergency Egress Test conducted at Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 34. Cunningham, and astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr., and Donn F. Eisele will orbit the earth in an open-ended mission scheduled to span 10 days to verify crewmen and spacecraft. This will be the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's first manned Apollo flight."
Subject(s): Full-face
Uniforms
Rockets (Aeronautics)
Astronauts
Portraits
Cunningham, Walter, 1932-
Date Created: 1968
Credit Line: NASA, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
Catalog ID: Cunningham Walter B1