Apollo 9
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
| Preceded by : Apollo 8 |
Apollo program | Followed by : Apollo 10 |
