The Apollo 7 crew arrives aboard the recovery ship USS Essex after splashdown approximately 200 nautical miles SSW of Bermuda, October 22, 1968. Left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., commander (naval aviator); Donn F. Eisele, command module pilot (USAF
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