Artemis II vs Apollo 7
In a lot of ways, Artemis II's mission is similar to Apollo 7. Both were the first crewed missions of a spacecraft designed to go beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). Apollo 7 stayed in LEO as there was plenty to be concerned about and test, since the previous scheduled manned Apollo mission (Apollo 1) claimed the lives of three astronauts on the launch pad. Artemis II has the benefit of years of experience designing, building and testing spacecraft.
First image: "Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft just as his first lunar observation period of the day begins."
Date: April 6, 2026
NASA ID: art002e009290
Second image: "Apollo 7, Lunar Module Pilot, R. Walter Cunningham working inside the Command Module."
Date: October 11-12. 1968
NASA ID: AS07-04-1584
