Launch of Apollo 7 (CBS)

or the proper ignition the s1b first-stage fuel tank is pressurized and the second-stage liquid oxygen tank pressurizing at this time now coming up on the two-minute mark t-minus two minutes and Counting t-minus two not as much reports now on the communication circuits as everybody stands by monitoring the various consoles and watching the various parameters to ensure everything is okay t-minus one hour one minute 43 seconds and counting we are still proceeding I just put so many great gust of wind sweet-sour press down here and mark in our countdown mark t-minus 90 seconds and counting t-minus 90 we have conditioned the liquid oxygen in the first stage of the Saturn launch vehicle all all tanks in the two stages now pressurizing most the work over these final several minutes concern with the launch vehicle directed by the tests conducted on Carlson one minute 10 seconds and Counting we still are go at this time coming up on one minute mark t-minus 60 seconds and Counting we are go for Apollo 7 at this time this is the first man test of this pattern one be now pressurized and the vehicle is go as is the spacecraft at this time firming American with three man flight t-minus 40 seconds in count first stuff gentlemen all anno series of them here in the black Tufts got American on the moon and by the animation 1969 seconds and counting we'll get ignition of those eight engines in the first stage at the three-second mark in the countdown t-minus 21 seconds and counting we have completed our power transfer the Saturn 1b launch vehicle which now weighs 1.3 million pounds is ready to go coming up on the 10 second mark ten nine eight seven six five four three two we have ignition commit liftoff we have liftoff always slowly this is slide control we have planned the town five seconds for that sound regions can [Music] as scheduled [Music] I'm here it looks fun [Music] straight true on its course got a good view of it there with our long-range camera Wally schirra Donn Eisele Walter Cunningham the latter two making their first spaceflight Wally schirra his third riding that's 20 seconds into the fight they just go ahead Russian Hill here The Voice is now at Mission Control change from Jack King 1.88 40 seconds have gone through maximum dynamic pressure by director asked the flight dynamics officer he likes it nice is yes sir looks good look at the plane 700 gallons of rp1 and liquid oxidizer burning up there every second that thing developing a million-selling up on two minutes mark two minutes we're having a status check the paolo seven has been given a go for staging go for staging the separation of that the first stage that comes in about two minutes ten minutes ten seconds from now it's the first critical point after the keyboard engines have shut down and they're staging outboard engines have shut down shock call both events he's got ignition and we says were up to thrust on the second stage [Music] that is our I Gordo oranges okay at 2 minutes 40 seconds into the flight so the 15th consecutive successful flight of the yes well he ordered you to build that tower has really jettison it went way out we're nearly 50 miles altitude now and about 60 miles downrange you see the escape tower tumbling up there in the upper eminence on a seconds into the flight he got the separation plan from the first section section and the center stage as it kept here in Houston a very clean voice communication today three minutes 25 seconds into the flight this is the best view we've ever had from our magnificent I Gor trajectory and guidance give another go here first a little bumpy on the second stage a little bumpy but we can't we can't hear any complaints seventy miles altitude and about a hundred and twenty miles downrange the second stage burns until 10 minutes and 15 seconds into the flight another six minutes and so 225,000 seconds into the flight pound thrust engine Shiraz as the gimbal check looks very good and his observation is the 1g stuff is great apparently the G lows were quite low that means the we've been monitoring shiraz heart rate because that's the only physical parameter we have coming through and it had launched and through the early stages around about 90 to 92 beats 4 minutes 50 seconds into the flight five directors polling all his stations here and is getting enthusiastic goes at every console five minutes in the flight

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Keywords: Apollo, launch, saturn, 1b, schirra, cronkite, nasa, liftoff, 1968

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Length: 7min 26sec (446 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 31 2010