What Apollo mission was the first to transmit live television pictures of astronauts in space?

alaspooryoric

July 26-Aug. 7 During Apollo 15, the fourth US lunar landing, astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin ride their lunar roving vehicle near the Moon's Hadley Rill during more than 18 hours of exploration. During this time Command module pilot Alfred M. Worden conducted extensive photographic mapping activities from lunar orbit. Worden later retrieved the films from their service module compartment during a televised space walk, the first conducted in deep space. www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/attm/timeline.html May 28 11, 1:50 PM

star_gazer

Apollo 11 transmitted live television pictures of the astronauts. Although, I am not sure if it was the first. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." At 10:56 pm EDT on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. This image was taken from the telecast of the event, watched by people around the world. The pictures were taken by the Apollo lunar surface camera, the black bar running through the center of the picture is an anomaly in the Goldstone ground data system. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo11.html May 28 11, 1:58 PM

29CoveRoad

it was Apollo 7 on October 17 1968 launched with the first with the live TV downlink also was the first 3 man crew Wally Schirra,Don Eisle and Walter Cunningham May 28 11, 2:21 PM

ceetee

Apollo 7 At 2 days, 23 hours, 42 minutes, and 14 seconds LMP Cunningham radioed Mission Control, "At what time do you want the TV turned on?" CAPCOM Stafford replied, "Standby. Roger, we're ready for TV now, turn it on." The Apollo 7 crew provided views of the inside of the spacecraft with the first live in-flight television broadcasts. http://www.earthtothemoon.com/apollo_7.html And who Could forget the images of the moon transmitted from Apollo 8 Christmas 1968? May 28 11, 11:04 PM

alaspooryoric

I interpreted the question to mean "what was the first televised moment of an astronaut actually outside of a spaceship and in space itself?" I was thinking that televised moments of the astronauts in their spaceships didn't count, for they were technically still in their ships (their SHIPS were in space, but they were in their spaceships). Of course, "space" can be defined loosely since technically we are all walking around in space every time we are walking around on our planet. I suppose, technically speaking, the first astronauts filmed in space would be the first televised moments of astronauts before they ever even left the earth. May 29 11, 8:11 AM

Arpeggionist

The first live broadcast of an EVA then would have been Neil Armstrong's first steps onto the Sea of Tranquility. Ed White took images of his EVA on Gemini 4, and Rusty Schweikhart and Dave Scott took video images of their EVA on Apollo 9, but these were not broadcast on live television. May 29 11, 9:59 AM