Editing Apollo 7 (section)

==Mission insignia==

[[File:Apollo 7 Flown Robbins Medallion (SN-186).jpg|thumb|Apollo 7 flown [[NASA space-flown Robbins medallions of the Apollo missions|Robbins medallion]]]]

The insignia for the flight shows a command and service module with its SPS engine firing, the trail from that fire encircling a globe and extending past the edges of the patch symbolizing the Earth-orbital nature of the mission. The [[Roman numerals|Roman numeral]]{{spaces}}VII appears in the South [[Pacific Ocean]] and the crew's names appear on a wide black arc at the bottom.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36239742/the_humboldt_republican/|title=Designed Insignia for Astronauts|newspaper=The Humboldt Republican|location=Humboldt, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|page=12|date=November 6, 1968}}</ref> The patch was designed by Allen Stevens of [[Rockwell International]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052008a.html |title=The man behind the Moon mission patches |last=Hengeveld |first=Ed |date=May 20, 2008 |website=collectSPACE |publisher=Robert Pearlman |access-date=July 6, 2013}} "A version of this article was published concurrently in the [[British Interplanetary Society]]'s ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'' magazine." (June 2008; pp. 220–225).</ref>