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Apollo 9
Preceded by: Apollo 8 - Followed by: Apollo 10
Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program. Ten-day earth-orbital mission launched March 3, 1969. Second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle. First manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM). Crew members tested the LM and practiced separation and docking maneuvers in earth orbit.
- Launched: March 3, 1969
- Returned: March 13, 1969
- Crew members: James McDivitt[?], commander; David Scott[?], command module pilot; Rusty Schweickart[?], lunar module pilot.
- Command module: Gumdrop
- Lunar module: Spider
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