|
APOLLO 9 MANNED FLIGHT USA |
|
First manned orbital mission in full
Apollo-lunar configuration with the Lunar Module, including docking,
separation and landing manoeuvre. Astronauts Schweickart and Scott did
perform two spacewalks. |
|
James A. McDivitt Commander |
|
LAUNCH : |
|
16.00 GMT |
|
Cape Canaveral |
|
Florida / USA |
|
Launch pad 39-A |
|
Mar.03 / 1969 |
|
9.16.05 |
|
20:20:12 |
|
SPACECRAFT : |
|
|
|
Apollo CSM |
|
LAUNCH VEHICLE : |
|
Saturn V |
|
LANDING : |
|
17.00 GMT |
|
|
|
Atlantic Ocean (USS Guadalcanal) |
|
close to Bermuda Islands |
|
Mar.13 / 1969 |
|
designed by : Michael May copyright 2005 |
|
MANNED SPACE FLIGHT |
|
>>> |
|
<<< |
|
MANNEDSPACEFLIGHT CHRONOLOGY |
|
Flight no. 029 |
|
FLIGHT DATA : |
|
Inclination |
|
32.57° |
|
Altitude |
|
190/192 km |
|
Duration |
|
10d01h00m |
|
Orbits |
|
151 |
|
David R. Scott Pilot CSM |
|
Apollo 9 seen from Lunar Module |
|
Russel L. Schweickart Pilot LM |
|
Lunar Module seen from Apollo 9 |
|
credit: NASA |