1978: NOAA announces gender-neutral hurricane naming system
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NASA’s first crewed space mission, Apollo 7, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 11, 1968, with Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham aboard. The mission objective was to demonstrate the Command and Service Module and support facilities’ performance with crew, as well as to measure Apollo rendezvous capability and transmit live TV broadcasts from space. Just over 10 minutes after launch, Apollo 7 achieved an elliptical orbit of 140-by-183 miles above Earth. Despite some mechanical mishaps and the fact that the crew suffered through colds, which were far more uncomfortable than if they had been on Earth with normal air pressure, the mission was a success and expanded the options for Apollo 8.
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