Manned Space Flight Quarterly Report No. 23, October-December 1968

Duration: 18:34

Year Published: 19681969

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This NASA government film reviews developments in its space program between October and December 1968. The quarter was an incredibly busy and important one for Project Apollo, as it included two historic missions as well as the preparation for a sequence of historic missions to come over the next six months. This quarterly report begins with Apollo 7 (the first manned Apollo flight), recapping the mission objectives and the problems encountered during the flight. We also get detailed coverage of Apollo 8—the first manned Apollo spacecraft to fly to the Moon, a mission objective that was not decided upon until after NASA reviewed data from the Apollo 7 mission. This film next documents the continuing preparation of other projects related to spacecraft development, construction, and testing for Apollo 9 through Apollo 11. The report ends with an update on the development and testing of hardware for the Apollo Applications Program.