About 30 hours after launch, Apollo 7 rendezvoused with its spent Saturn IB second stage, coming within 70 feet of the tumbling rocket.
Sources
- The Flight (and Fights) of Apollo 7 - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_07a_Summary.htm (history.nasa.gov)
- https://www.spaceline.org/united-states-manned-space-flight/apollo-mission-program-facts-sheet-index/apollo-7-fact-sheet/ (spaceline.org)
- https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-7-flight-day-2-rendezvous-day/ (nasa.gov)
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