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Astronauts of the first Apollo crew, Apollo 7, had to wait until 2008 to be honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. All other Apollo astronauts received the award almost four decades earlier. Apollo 7 was deemed to be a "101% success"

After flying into Earth orbit in Apollo 7, Donn Eisele and his crew never went to space again, as divorce and a testy crew commander led to the three astronauts being labeled as troublemakers. Unknown to everyone, Eisele wrote a detailed memoir that was only discovered and published after his death