3.2K views · 63 reactions |  In October 1968, Apollo 7 became the first crewed Apollo mission - orbiting Earth 163 times and broadcasting the first live TV from space! The launch took off from the Kennedy Space Center - one of this year’s America’s Field Trip destinations! ✨ Students nationwide can enter for a chance to visit this historic site and see where America’s journey to the stars began. 六‍ Submit your entry now at America250.org/FieldTrip | America250 | Facebook

LIVE NOW: View our #Apollo50 Anniversary video about Apollo 7, the first program mission to carry a crew into space. Walter Cunningham called it "the most ambitious, and most successful first test flight of any new flying machine, ever." Follow & watch NASA's Look at 50 Years of Apollo: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration