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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, they're 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 cunningham's hands, a fisher space pen. and one year later -- >> that's one small step for man. >> reporter: as man stepped on the moon, they used a fisher space p...

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. that's what it's got to be. >> this is the time and place to take off the gloves and sock it to him. >> i'm going to sting you and sting you like a hornwh hornet and day out. >> there's advantages of being an underdog, sooner or later your opponent will have to start looking over his shoulder. that's the time that you pass him on the inside and get the medals and win the prize and gain the victory. >> apollo 7 starts the final push to th...

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, that's 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 disclosure in

It took almost two years before another american crew went into orbit. apollo 7, october 11, 1968. >> it's okay, thrust. >> the space program was back, but a slow re-entry wasn't 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. we're flying blind, houston. houston, we need you desperately. please. somebody. >> hello? >> this is dr. janet stone. we've 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 "realtime with bill maher" and i pushed back at the notion that the debt ceiling debate is politi...