Apollo-9 (25)

Pad 39-A (4)

Saturn-V AS-504 (4)

High Bay 3

MLP 2

Firing Room 2

 

Crew:

James A. McDivitt

David R. Scott

Russell L. Schweickart

 

Backup Crew:

Milestones:

05/15/68 - S-II Stage ondock at KSC

09/30/68 - S-1C Stage ondock at KSC

09/12/68 - S-IVB ondock at KSC

09/30/68 - S-IU ondock at KSC

01/03/69 - Rollout to pad

02/19/69 - Countdown Demonstration Test

03/03/69 - Launch

 

Payload:

CSM-104 (Gumdrop) and LM-3 (Spider)

 

Mission Objective:

Demonstrate crew/space vehicle/mission support facilities during manned Saturn V/CSM/LM mission (Achieved). Demonstrate LM/crew performance (Achieved). Demonstrate selected lunar orbit rendezvous mission activities including transposition, docking withdrawal, intervehicular crew transfer, EVA, SPS and DPS burns, and LM active rendezvous and docking. All achieved except EVA (because of Schweickart's illness, most EVA's were canceled). Assess CSM/LM consumables used.

 

Launch:

March 03, 1969; 11:00:00 am EST. Launch Complex 39-A Kennedy Space Center. No delays.

 

 

Orbit:

Altitude: 192km x 190km

Inclination: xxx degrees

Orbits:

Duration: 10 Days, 01 hours, min, seconds

Distance: miles

 

Landing:

March 13, 1969 at 12:01 p.m. EST; Landing point 23deg 12.5min North and 67deg 56min West (Atlantic Ocean). Miss distance 4.8 kilometers. Crew on board U.S.S Guadalcanal at 12:45pm EST; Spacecraft aboard ship at 02:13pm.

 

Mission Highlights:

Apogee, 192 km, perigee, 190km; first manned Apollo docking 03:01:59 MET; first docked SPS burn, 05:59:01 MET; first Apollo EVA, 72:53:00 MET. First manned Apollo undocking, 92:39:36 MET; first manned LM to CSM docking, 99:02:26 MET;

 

First manned flight of all lunar hardware in Earth orbit. Schweickart performed 37 minutes EVA. Human reactions to space and weightlessness tested in 152 orbits. First manned flight of lunar module.

Click Here for more information about Apollo-9