Navy frogman team prepares the #Apollo9 Spacecraft "Gumdrop", March 13, 1969
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March 13, 1969, after a trip to #space lasting 10 days, 1 hour, 54 seconds, #Apollo9 command module Gumdrop splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean recovery area to conclude a successful earth orbital mission.
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March 13, 1969, Schweickart, Scott and McDivitt successfully conclude #Apollo9 with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, just 4.5 nautical miles from their prime recovery ship the USS Guadalcanal.
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March 13, 1969 - Splashdown of #Apollo9, the first manned flight of the Lunar Module. This was second and final earth orbiting Apollo mission.
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#OTD March 13,1969: #Apollo9 splashed down in the Atlantic 290 km east of the Bahamas at 17:01 GMT, clearing for the final thrust at the moon.
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Front view of the Docking Hatch window taken during the #Apollo9 Mission. March 1969
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Image from the second TV broadcast, with Schweickart (left) and McDivitt in the LM. #Apollo9
March 1969
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Flight Directors (left to right) Griffin, Kranz, and Frank confer during the #Apollo9 mission.
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#Apollo9, Russell Schweickart, LMP, stands on the LM "Spider's" porch during his EVA, March 1969
-- check the visor.
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#Apollo9;
Orbit Earth, Test the New Lunar Module, Return Safely
— March, 1969
The Apollo Lunar Module (call sign: Spider) with its eventual destination behind it
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The #Apollo9 Command/Service Modules photographed from the Lunar Module, ''Spider'', on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Docking mechanism is visible in nose of the Command Module, March 1969
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#Apollo9, March 69 McDivitt, Scott, and Schweickart’s third day in orbit was filled with ambitious Apollo-era firsts
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"It truly is an oasis - and we don't take very good care of it. I think the elevation of that awareness is a real contribution to saving the earth.
#Apollo9 astronaut Dave Scott looks down at Earth from the Apollo 9 Command Module in March 1969
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The #Apollo9 Command/Service Modules photographed through the window from the Lunar Module,''Spider'',on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Docking mechanism is visible in nose of the Command Module,''Gumdrop''. March 1969
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#Apollo9 panorama
Great tribute to an important and memorable mission..
a major step to the moon. March 1969
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Credit M. Hyde
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Stepping Out on #Apollo9 March 1969...
Rusty Schweickart reaches the top of the handrail.
Once outside, Schweickart used the radio call sign “Red Rover” because of his rust-colored hair. He was attached to the LM with a twenty-five-foot tether.
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#Apollo9 Lunar Module, Spider in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the CMS on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the Spider has been deployed. March 1969
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Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules and Lunar Module, with Earth in the background, during astronaut David R. Scott's stand-up Extravehicular Activity, on the fourth day (March 1969) of the #Apollo9 Earth-orbital mission.
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#Apollo9 Commander James McDivitt suits up for his scheduled space mission on launch day.
#OTD March 3, 1969
"Life in a Fish Bowl"
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#Apollo9 #OTD March 3, 1969
The Lunar Module, Spider,
waits to be extracted from atop the S-IVB...
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#Apollo9 lunar module pilot Rusty Schweickart performed a 37 minute EVA in Earth orbit. Schweickart took this picture from outside of the Lunar Module "Spider" of Dave Scott opening the hatch. March 6, 1969.
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#Apollo9 Mission
CM Pilot Dave Scott taking a moment to enjoy a view of Earth from the open hatch of the CSM Gumdrop, at the time docked to the LM Spider and orbiting at an altitude of about 149 miles, on March 6, 1969
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#Apollo9 Astronaut David R. Scott stands in the open hatch of the Apollo Command Module “Gumdrop” in Earth Orbit
March 6,1969.
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Commander Dave Scott standing in the open hatch of CM "Gumdrop", #Apollo9 photographed by crew member Rusty Schweickart, during an EVA in low-Earth orbit on March 6, 1969.
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An image of Jim McDivitt on #Apollo9, March 7, 1969, where McDivitt is conducting the world’s first docking of two crewed spacecraft with internal transfer – a technique that would become critical in the later missions to the moon.
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5. März 1969: Start von #Apollo9. Die Aufgaben lauten: Test der #Mondlandefähre in der Erdumlaufbahn und erster Umstieg durch einen Tunnel.
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[WHAT A VIEW!]
David Scott looks out on the #earth from his #Apollo9 command module March 1969
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57 years ago today, #Apollo9 astronaut and B612 cofounder #RustySchweickart launched into space. This June, select Apollo 9 artifacts from his personal collection will be auctioned to support the #SchweickartPrize — advancing the next generation of planetary defenders.
#DavidScott #JamesMcDivitt
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