Walt Cunningham Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in Space Signed Photograph.

[CUNNINGHAM, Walter].

$1,250.00

Item Number: 142635

Rare large format glossy photograph of the historic Apollo 7/S-IVB rendezvous in space signed by Apollo 7 Pilot Walter Cunningham, “S-IVB stage during rendezvous, Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 Pilot, October 11-22, 1968.” In near fine condition. The photograph measures 20 inches by 16 inches.

Apollo 7, the first Apollo mission with a human crew, was launched on October 11, 1968, for an Earth orbital mission. Walter “Wally” Schirra was Commander, Donn Eisele was Command Module Pilot, and Walter Cunningham was Lunar Module Pilot, although Apollo 7 had no Lunar Module. The principal objectives of the mission were to show that the Block II CM would be habitable and reliable over the length of time required for a lunar mission, to show that the service propulsion system (SPS, the spacecraft's main engine) and the CM's guidance systems could perform a rendezvous in orbit, and later make a precision reentry and splashdown.