Apollo 7 splashed down on October 22, 1968, 200 nautical miles south of Bermuda and only one mile from its aim point.
Notes on verification
Date and general splashdown location confirmed by multiple NASA sources. The 'one mile' precision figure slightly understates NASA's own reported ~1.9-2.2 nautical miles from target, a minor rounding discrepancy but not a substantive contradiction. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.5 clusters=1 claim_tier=notable] [kind-backfill 2026-09-16: kind=empirical eligibility=high] [harvest 2026-09-26: +3 source(s) on new hosts; tier unverified->gold indep=0.925 clusters=4]
Sources
- The Flight (and Fights) of Apollo 7 - Smithsonian Magazine (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-apollo-7-ends-101-successful (corroboration)
- https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/apollo-7/ (corroboration)
- https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_07a_Summary.htm (corroboration)
- https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1968-089A (corroboration)
- https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/navy-and-space-exploration/Apollo_7_NASA.html (corroboration)
- https://weebau.com/flights/apollo7.htm (corroboration)