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Had it not been for the fact that Eisele damaged his shoulder during a zero-G training flight aboard a KC-135 aircraft just before Christmas 1965, he might have been in the senior pilot’s seat aboard Apollo 1, instead of Ed White.

Schirra as the Commander of Apollo 7

Donn Eisele prior to launch

Cunningham during the Apollo 7 mission