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New ensure max protein. in two great flavors. and finally tonight here, made in america. the pens made right here outside las vegas, and i finally have one. i can tell you, theyre out of this world. >> liftoff. we have liftoff. >> reporter: october 10th, 1968. >> apollo 7 off to a good start. >> reporter: apollo 7 taking flight. onboard, three american astronauts and one brand new american invention. right there in astronaut walt cunninghams hands, a fisher space pen. and one year later -- >> ...

Hand is getting close, and he began to sweat. >> this meets absolutely -- this is the kid stuff that somebody goes through when he is behind. >> nix on nixon. thats what its got to be. >> this is the time and place to take off the gloves and sock it to him. >> im going to sting you and sting you like a hornwh hornet and day out. >> theres advantages of being an underdog, sooner or later your opponent will have to start looking over his shoulder. thats the time that you pass him on the inside and...

Peace will come. ♪ it will be you and i >> apollo 7 starts the final american push to the moon. today on this flight all but finished the chance of reaching the moon by the end of next year. >> five, four -- we have ignition. >> on the basis of this spectacular success of apollo 7, it will be possible now for the next mission, thats apollo 8, three americans in orbit around the moon on christmas. i think we have some late word just arriving. i interrupt to bring this to you. this is the latest...

It took almost two years before another american crew went into orbit. apollo 7, october 11, 1968. >> its okay, thrust. >> the space program was back, but a slow re-entry wasnt going to be enough to meet the deadline by the soviets. it would require a dramatic change of plans. coming up,

>> houston, come in houston. >> houston, come in. were flying blind, houston. houston, we need you desperately. please. somebody. >> hello? >> this is dr. janet stone. weve become detached from the hubble telescope. >> this is awkward, but the government has shut down. >> anyway, the space buffs may be interested to know that today marks the 45th anniversary of the very first live television transmission from a manned spacecraft. it was apollo 7. it was a test mission in 68. next up, i was on ...

Need immediate assistance. houston, do you read? >> houston, come in houston. >> houston, come in. were flying blind, houston. houston, we need you desperately. please. somebody. >> hello? >> this is dr. janet stone. weve become detached from the hubble telescope. >> this is awkward, but the government has shut down. >> anyway, the space buffs may be interested to know that today marks the 45th anniversary of the very first live television transmission from a manned spacecraft. it was apollo 7. ...

Program. they had a goal to land on the moon by the end of the decade of the 60s. >> apollo 2 or 3, apollo 4, 5 and 6 were undamaged to test the sa safety of the probabling et. took two years before any went into orbit. apollo 7, 1968. the space program was back but the slow re-entry wasnt going to be enough to meet the deadline and beat the soviets. it would require a daring and dramatic change of plan. >> nasa rolls the dice betting everything on number 8. so i introduced jill to crest pro-h...

1970s. when i say that, im talking about the funding. in spite of that, they developed the worlds most amazing flying machine, the shuttle, which weve still got this flight to return and then one more next month. but in spite of that, in spite of the budgets, they managed to get that far. but eventually you run out of it. going into space is never going to be inexpensive and the public needs to face up to that. >> uma: when you piloted apollo 7, it was a real test of courage because the system w...

Apollo mission. apollo 7 itself, there is a lot of ways people can find the details. but in my opinion, it was not only the longest, it was the most ambitious and probably the most successful first test flight of any new machine ever. >> uma: it was quite a moment then. i know that youre concerned about the future, as are other astronauts. really quickly, do you think we can count on commercialized flying in the future? >> its a little bit difficult. we have to go someplace because the president...

Steps on the surface of the moon on this day in 1969. the apollo 11 moon shot would never have been possible had it not been for the earlier heroics for men like john glenn. john glenn flew apollo 7 on the first-ever manned apollo mission. the future of the u.s. space program is up in the air, and sir, its great to see you, great to talk to you again. the president says the country really cant afford to do it, so what came of your meeting with him. >> hes devoted to a strong space program. he sa...