Space.com

Astronaut Walt Cunningham, who test-flew Apollo 7 command module, dies at 90

Former NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham, who flew on the first test of the Apollo command module in Earth orbit, has died at the age of 90. Cunningham's death on Tuesday (Jan. 3) was confirmed by his ...
The Spokesman-Review

Walter Cunningham, the last astronaut of Apollo 7, reflects on his time in space as Artemis mission readies

Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, with the goal of demonstrating the capabilities of the command and service module and its crew. While the command module was designed to get the astronauts from the ...
LAist

The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers Recall Tragedy And Triumph

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Smithsonian Magazine

How the Common Cold Affected the Crew of Apollo 7

Things were not going well aboard Apollo 7: The astronauts felt stressed by the confines of the command module, and to top it off, astronaut Wally Schirra developed a painful head cold Sebastian Thrun ...