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Apollo 9

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. The three-man crew consisted of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart. Flown in low Earth orbit, it was the second crewed…

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Apogee altitude
497 km (268 nmi; 309 mi)
Callsign
CSM: Gumdrop · LM: Spider
COSPAR ID
CSM: 1969-018A · LM ascent stage: 1969-018C · LM descent stage: 1969-018D
Crew size
3
Decay date
October 23, 1981 (LM ascent stage)
Docking date
March 3, 1969, 19:01:59 UTC · March 7, 1969, 19:02:26 UTC

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Overview

Mission background

Framework

Planning and training

Hardware

Mission highlights

Hardware disposition

Appraisal and aftermath

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Apollo 9

Nodes141
Edges140
Triples122
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014184
Components1

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Apollo 9

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related to Planning and training · 39
Apollo 9 → Additional, AGC, Among, Apollo, Apollo Guidance Computer, Apollo Program, Bethpage, Block II, California, Cambridge, CM, CMP, Colin Burgess, Crew, CSM, Downey, During, EVAs, Flight Director Gene Kranz, Francis French
related to External links · 20
Apollo 9 → Apollo, Apollo Program Summary Report, April, Archived May, AS-504/CSM-104/LM-3 Final Report, February, Gumdrop, JSC-09423, Make Ready Official NASA, NASA, NASA'S Kennedy Space Center, OCLC, Official NASA, PDF, Raw, Rivers, Spider, The Space Duet, Three, Wayback Machine
related to Sixth through eleventh days (March 8–13) · 19
Apollo 9 → Apollo, CSM, Earth, Earth Resources Technology Satellite, Earth's, Hasselblad, Jupiter, Landsat, Most, Pegasus, RCS, Scott, Skylab's, Spider, SPS, Such, The, The SPS, With
COSPAR ID · 3
Apollo 9 → CSM: 1969-018A, LM ascent stage: 1969-018C, LM descent stage: 1969-018D
Members · 3
Apollo 9 → David R. Scott, James A. McDivitt, Russell L. Schweickart
Callsign · 2
Apollo 9 → CSM: Gumdrop, LM: Spider
Docking date · 2
Apollo 9 → March 3, 1969, 19:01:59 UTC, March 7, 1969, 19:02:26 UTC
Manufacturer · 2
Apollo 9 → CSM: North American Rockwell, LM: Grumman
SATCAT no. · 2
Apollo 9 → CSM: 3769, LM: 3771
Spacecraft · 2
Apollo 9 → Apollo CSM-104, Apollo LM-3

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apollo mission lm lunar crew first orbit scott module landing mcdivitt would spacecraft csm schweickart flight earth crewed could gumdrop

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Apollo 9Apogee altitude497 km (268 nmi; 309 mi)1.00infobox
Apollo 9CallsignCSM: Gumdrop1.00infobox
Apollo 9CallsignLM: Spider1.00infobox
Apollo 9COSPAR IDCSM: 1969-018A1.00infobox
Apollo 9COSPAR IDLM ascent stage: 1969-018C1.00infobox
Apollo 9COSPAR IDLM descent stage: 1969-018D1.00infobox
Apollo 9Crew size31.00infobox
Apollo 9Decay dateOctober 23, 1981 (LM ascent stage)1.00infobox
Apollo 9Docking dateMarch 3, 1969, 19:01:59 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 9Docking dateMarch 7, 1969, 19:02:26 UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 9EpochMarch 5, 19691.00infobox
Apollo 9EVA duration1 hour, 17 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 9EVAs11.00infobox
Apollo 9Inclination33.8°1.00infobox
Apollo 9Landing dateMarch 13, 1969, 17:00:54 (1969-03-13UTC17:00:55Z) UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 9Landing mass11,094 lb (5,032 kg)1.00infobox
Apollo 9Landing siteNorth Atlantic Ocean (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .ge…1.00infobox
Apollo 9Launch dateMarch 3, 1969, 16:00:00 (1969-03-03UTC16Z) UTC1.00infobox
Apollo 9Launch mass95,231 lb (43,196 kg)1.00infobox
Apollo 9Launch siteKennedy, LC-39A1.00infobox
Apollo 9ManufacturerCSM: North American Rockwell1.00infobox
Apollo 9ManufacturerLM: Grumman1.00infobox
Apollo 9MembersJames A. McDivitt1.00infobox
Apollo 9MembersDavid R. Scott1.00infobox
Apollo 9MembersRussell L. Schweickart1.00infobox
Apollo 9Mission duration10 days, 1 hour, 54 seconds1.00infobox
Apollo 9Mission typeCrewed Earth orbital CSM/LM flight (D)1.00infobox
Apollo 9OperatorNASA1.00infobox
Apollo 9Orbits completed1511.00infobox
Apollo 9Perigee altitude204 km (110 nmi; 127 mi)1.00infobox

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