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Apollo 7 First Crewed Flight

Astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham are preparing for launch inside the Apollo 7 command module atop the Saturn IB rocket, with mission control conducting final pre-flight ch

Setting

Inside the Apollo 7 Command Module atop the Saturn IB rocket at Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The cramped, cylindrical capsule is filled with control panels, switches, and displays. The astronauts are strapped into their couches, surrounded by a maze of wires and equipment.

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Walter Schirra
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A 45-year-old astronaut with a lean, athletic build, clean-cut features, and short, dark hair graying at the temples. His face shows the wear of multiple spaceflights, with faint lines around his eyes and mouth from years of intense training and missions.
Donn Eisele
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A 38-year-old astronaut with a lean, athletic build, clean-cut features, and short brown hair. His face shows the focused intensity of a test pilot, with sharp blue eyes that frequently scan instrument panels. His hands move with precision between controls.
Walter Cunningham
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A 36-year-old astronaut with a lean, athletic build, clean-cut appearance, and short brown hair. His face shows the focused intensity of a test pilot, with sharp eyes scanning instrument panels.
CAPCOM (Mission Control)
secondary
A male NASA communications officer in his mid-30s, clean-cut with short military-style hair, wearing a short-sleeved white dress shirt and black tie. His face is partially obscured by the microphone headset he wears, but his focused expression is visible through the Mission Control window.

Dialog

Walter Schirra Confirm oxygen nominal, cabin pressure holding steady at 5.0 psi.
CAPCOM Apollo 7, we copy oxygen nominal. Proceeding with final guidance alignment check.
Donn Eisele Electrical systems green across the board. Main bus A and B at twenty-one, two-one volts.
Walter Schirra Let's keep it tighter than a drum, gentlemen. No surprises today.
CAPCOM Apollo 7, you are go for final countdown sequence. T-minus fifteen minutes and counting.
Donn Eisele Copy that. All systems still nominal. Ready to light this candle.
Walter Schirra Just another day at the office, boys. Only office happens to be sitting on a million pounds of thrust.

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