EISELE (Donn Fulton, 1930-1987, Colonel USAF, Test Pilot and NASA Astronaut)

Commemorative Envelope Signed next to the picture of the Splashdown in the Atlantic, together with the insert giving the Timing Sequence for the parachute subsystem, 6½” x 3½”, postmarked Patrick Air Force Base, 22nd October

Eisele occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After retiring from both NASA and the Air Force in 1972, he became the Peace Corps country director for Thailand, before moving into private business.
Apollo 7 (October 11th to 22nd, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27th 1967. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and lunar module pilot R. Walter Cunningham (so designated even though Apollo 7 did not carry a Lunar Module).

Item Date:  1968

Stock No:  41971      £225

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