Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was a mission in NASA's Apollo program. It was the third crewed mission in the Apollo program and was the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). The crew was Commander James A. McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David R. Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart.[3] The mission was launched on March 3, 1969.[3] The mission tested several things which were important for landing on the Moon, including the LM engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers.
 David Scott performs a standup EVA from Command Module Gumdrop, seen from docked Lunar Module Spider | |
| Mission type | Lunar Module test flight |
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| Operator | NASA[1] |
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| SATCAT no. |
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| Mission duration | 10 days, 1 hours, 54 seconds |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft |
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| Launch mass | 95,231 pounds (43,196 kg) |
| Landing mass | 11,094 pounds (5,032 kg) |
| Crew | |
| Crew size | 3 |
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| EVAs | 1 |
| EVA duration | 77 minutes |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | March 3, 1969, 16:00:00 UTC |
| Rocket | Saturn V SA-504 |
| Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
| End of mission | |
| Recovered by | USS Guadalcanal |
| Decay date | October 23, 1981 (LM) |
| Landing date | March 13, 1969, 17:00:54 UTC |
| Landing site | North Atlantic Ocean 23°15′N 67°56′W |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee | 204 kilometers (127 mi) |
| Apogee | 497 kilometers (309 mi) |
| Inclination | 33.8 degrees |
| Period | 91.55 minutes |
| Epoch | March 5, 1969[2] |
| Docking with LM | |
| Docking date | March 3, 1969, 19:01:59 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 7, 1969, 12:39:06 UTC |
| Docking with LM Ascent Stage | |
| Docking date | March 7, 1969, 19:02:26 UTC |
| Undocking date | March 7, 1969, 21:22:45 UTC |
 Left to right: McDivitt, Scott, Schweickart | |
References
- Orloff, Richard W. (September 2004) [First published 2000]. "Table of Contents". Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference. NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans. NASA History Series. Washington, D.C.: NASA. ISBN 0-16-050631-X. LCCN 00061677. NASA SP-2000-4029. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
- McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
- "Apollo 9". NASA. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
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