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Apollo 9
Mission Summary
Apollo 9 Facts
Apollo 9 Crew
Spacecraft
Images
The Apollo Program |
| Lunar Module: |
Spider |
| Command and Service
Module: |
Gumdrop
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| Crew:
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James R. McDivitt, commander
David R. Scott, command module pilot
R. L. Schweikart, lunar module pilot |
| Launch: |
March 3, 1969
16:00:00 UT (11:00:00 a.m. EST)
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A |
| Returned to Earth: |
March 13, 1969
splashdown 17:00:54 UT (12:00:54 p.m. EST) |
| Mission Duration: |
241 hr 0 min. 53 sec. |
| Retrieval site: |
Atlantic Ocean 23° 15' N, 67䓸'
W |
| Retrieval ship: |
U.S.S. Guadalcanal |
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Highlights/Notes:
- The first mission in which the use of names for spacecraft was
again authorized.
- First test of LM in space.
- First test of Portable Life Support System in space.
- Rendezvous and docking after 6 hour and 113 mile separation
in space.
- Schweickart performed 37 minute EVA.
- A "D" mission, so the "D" in McDivitt on the mission patch had
a red interior which signified the "D" mission.
- Space vehicle weight at liftoff: 6,397,005 lb. (2,901,681 kilos)
- Weight placed in earth orbit: 292,091 lb. (132,492 kilos.)
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