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Apollo 9

Crewed Lunar Program Missions

Apollo 9, launched by NASA on March 3, 1969, was the third crewed spaceflight in the Apollo program and successfully tested systems and procedures critical to a lunar landing, including the first crewed flight of the Apollo Lunar Module, in Earth orbit. Commanded by James McDivitt with Command Module Pilot David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart, the mission lasted ten days before splashing down in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 13, 1969.

Facts
Mission Type
Crewed Earth orbital CSM/LM flight (D) 1
Launch Date
1969-03-03 2
End Date
1969-03-13 1
Outcome
Complete success; the ten day Earth orbit test validated the Lunar Module before splashdown in the North Atlantic Ocean on March 13, 1969. 2
Mission Type
Mission Type (category)
Crewed Mission 1
Connections

Crewed By

David Scott, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Apollo 9 (Wikipedia)Apollo 9
James McDivitt, Astronauts and Cosmonauts
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Apollo 9 (Wikipedia)Apollo 9

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Apollo 9 (Wikipedia)Lead section
Sources
1. Apollo 9 (Wikipedia)
  • infobox, Mission type field
    Crewed Earth orbital CSM/LM flight (D)
  • infobox, Landing date field
    March 13, 1969
  • Apollo 9 article, lead section
    the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon
  • Apollo 9 article, infobox
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead section
    Apollo 9 (March 3-13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon.
  • Part Of: Apollo Program, Lead section
    Apollo 9 (March 3-13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon.
  • Crewed By: James McDivitt, Apollo 9
    The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.
  • Crewed By: David Scott, Apollo 9
    The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart.
  • In Group: Apollo Program Missions, Lead sentence
    Apollo 9 (March 3-13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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