E' importante anche sapere come i tre uomini a bordo si integrano con il nuovo veicolo in condizioni di effettivo impiego nello spazio.
Ma questa è anche la giornata in cui avviene la seconda trasmissione televisiva con la Terra.
Il collegamento risulta ottimo e la qualità delle immagini in bianco e nero risulta migliore rispetto a quelle trasmesse il giorno precedente.
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| In diretta dallo spazio, nel corso della seconda trasmissione televisiva, le immagini dell'interno della capsula Apollo (foto A7_SSTV_3_med). |
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| In questa foto, tratta dalla seconda trasmissione in diretta da Apollo 7, compare l'astronauta Donn Eisele mentre fluttua all'interno della cabina (foto A7_SSTV_4_MED). |
Islands of Hawaii (center), Maui, and Kahoolawe, State of Hawaii, photographed from an altitude of 122 nautical miles. Much cloud cover in the area obscures the currently erupting Mt Kilauea.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/E1kHlYfNpn— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 15, 2018
Red Sea coastal area of Saudi Arabia. This picture shows extent of coral reefs in the Red Sea. Photographed from an altitude of 88 nautical miles.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/NTqHPa95dz— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 15, 2018
Apollo 7: "We've got some beautiful pictures of the Great Barrier Reef in New Zealand this morning."— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 15, 2018
CAPCOM: "How many frames roughly?"
Apollo 7: "It was about 5 frames, some frames 43 to 47. We weren't quite sure where we were until we got that chart update."#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/aHNITLwXbu
Matagorda Bay area on the Gulf Coast of Texas, photographed from an altitude of 90 nautical miles.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/Sc1IxKMwUk— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 15, 2018
#NASA astronaut Deke Slayton’s #Apollo7 Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) access badge. Fifty years old this month. #SpaceHistory pic.twitter.com/jzlSjzL8S4— W. J. Sawchuck (@TheRealSawchuck) October 14, 2018
Sudan, showing White Nile and Blue Nile rivers below Khartoum, photographed from an altitude of 130 nautical miles. Note quilted-patchwork effect created by irrigated cultivated land.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/5fhplPMxW3— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 14, 2018
Kabul, Afghanistan area, photographed from an altitude of 127 nautical miles. Also, visible in picture are the Panjshir River and the Koh-i-Baba Mountains.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/9wqRmtwmMe— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 14, 2018
Pacific Coast area of southwestern Mexico, State of Guerrero, from Acapulco to Tecoanapa, photographed from an altitude of 125 nautical miles. Much cloud cover in area.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/9ebpZ903d3— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 13, 2018
Gulf of Mexico, coast of Yucatan, Mexico, photographed from an altitude of 123 nautical miles.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/xI0RsoBfOd— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 13, 2018
Persian Gulf coastal area of Iran, Qeshm Island, photographed from an altitude of 130 nautical miles.#Apollo7#Apollo50 pic.twitter.com/HXIGpzHbEH— Apollo 50th (@apollo_50th) October 13, 2018