{"id":168544,"date":"2019-03-06T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-440963"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T21:48:58","slug":"50-years-ago-spider-gumdrop-and-red-rover-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-spider-gumdrop-and-red-rover-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Ago: Spider, Gumdrop, and Red Rover in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The third day in space for the Apollo 9 crew of Commander James A. McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David R. Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Russell L. Schweickart proved to be extremely busy. The major task ahead of them was the initial activation of the Lunar Module (LM) Spider. Schweickart was first to float through the tunnel from the Command Module (CM), followed about an hour later by McDivitt. The two closed the hatch behind them and began bringing the LM\u2019s systems to life, including extending the vehicle\u2019s four landing legs.  McDivitt informed Mission Control that Schweickart had experienced symptoms of space motion sickness, including vomiting twice, but that he now felt better. Mission Control, in consultation with flight surgeons and the crew, agreed that the mission could continue as planned, but out of an abundance of caution the spacewalk scheduled for the next day would be curtailed. Instead of translating to Gumdrop and back as originally planned, Schweickart would remain on Spider\u2019s front porch to evaluate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-certifying-apollo-spacesuits\/\">spacesuit<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-apollo-suit-backpack-passes-vacuum-testing\/\">Portable Life Support System<\/a> (PLSS) backpack. Schweickart and McDivitt then began the first TV transmission of the mission, a seven-minute broadcast showing the duo in the confined space of the LM.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 9 mission.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg 4194w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=768,526 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=1024,702 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=1536,1053 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=2048,1403 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=400,274 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=600,411 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=900,617 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=1200,822 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/s69-26301.jpg?resize=2000,1371 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 9 mission.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_mission_control_3_fds_mar_5_1969_s69-26060.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_mission_control_3_fds_mar_5_1969_s69-26060.jpg?w=320\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_mission_control_3_fds_mar_5_1969_s69-26060\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_mission_control_3_fds_mar_5_1969_s69-26060.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_mission_control_3_fds_mar_5_1969_s69-26060.jpg?resize=300,207 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Flight Directors (left to right) Griffin, Kranz, and Frank confer during the Apollo 9 mission.<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next major activity of the day was the first test of the Descent Propulsion System (DPS) engine, the rocket used to land the LM on the Moon. It was first tested during the uncrewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/50-years-ago-the-apollo-lunar-module\/\">Apollo 5<\/a> mission in January 1968. This time there was a crew onboard and a Command and Service Module (CSM) docked to the front of the LM. The main purpose was to evaluate if the LM\u2019s engine could serve as a backup in case of a problem with the Service Propulsion System (SPS) \u2013 in retrospect a very useful test given it had to be employed in exactly that fashion during the Apollo 13 mission just over a year later. The burn was an out of plane firing, with no major effect on the spacecraft\u2019s altitude. Attitude control with the digital autopilot and manual throttling of the engine were also demonstrated. After the 372-second burn was successfully completed, Capcom Stuart A. Roosa called up to the crew, \u201cSpider, that was a beautiful burn, man, you were right down the tube,\u201d generating this response from McDivitt, \u201cLooked pretty neat from here, too.\u201d The burn completed, the crew settled down for a meal before McDivitt and Schweickart deactivated Spider for the night and transferred back to Gumdrop. The crew\u2019s final activity of the day was the 43-second fifth burn of the SPS, which circularized the spacecraft\u2019s orbit for the rendezvous maneuvers planned for Flight Day 5. During the day, all three of the astronauts\u2019 wives, Pat McDivitt, Lurton Scott, and Claire Schweickart, spent some time in Mission Control\u2019s Visitors Gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?resize=768,521 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?resize=400,271 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?resize=600,407 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_tv2_mar_6_1969_s69-26148.jpg?resize=900,610 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\"><em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>Image from the second TV broadcast, with Schweickart (left) and McDivitt in the LM.<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?resize=300,205 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?resize=768,525 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?resize=400,273 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?resize=600,410 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_astro_wives_outside_mcc_w_faget_s69-26111.jpg?resize=900,615 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\"><em>Outside the Mission Control Visitors Gallery (from left to right) John Glenn, first American to orbit the Earth, Pat McDivitt, MSC Director of Engineering Max Faget, Lurton Scott, and Claire Schweickart.<\/em><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Apollo 9 crewmembers began their fourth day in space by donning their spacesuits after their sleep period, and Schweicakrt and McDivitt once again transferred to Spider, closing the hatch behind them. Once in the LM, Schweickart, fully recovered from his earlier illness, donned the PLSS which provided him with oxygen during his spacewalk. Scott received his life support via umbilicals connected to the CM and McDivitt similarly was using the LM\u2019s life support system. McDivitt depressurized Spider, and minutes late Scott did the same with Gumdrop. Schweickart floated out through the LM\u2019s side hatch onto the front porch, exclaiming \u201cHey, this is like spectacular.\u201d He placed his feet into specialized gold-painted foot restraints dubbed the \u201cgolden slippers.\u201d Scott then opened the CM side hatch and floated partway out of the spacecraft. The two spacewalkers could clearly see each other, and began filming and taking photographs of their activities. Mission Control was now essentially communicating with three different parties, with Schweickart picking up the callsign Red Rover, a nod to his red hair. Scott retrieved some thermal samples from the outside of Gumdrop. Schweickart did the same from the outside of Spider and tested out the handrails near the hatch and found them to be easy for maneuvering. With those activities concluded, Scott and Schweickart reentered their respective vehicles, and closed and locked the hatches. They had each spent about 37 minutes outside.  Mission Control considered this first, and the only one before the Moon landing, test of the spacesuits and PLSS a complete success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last major activity of the day was the second TV transmission of the mission, also from the LM, taking place shortly after the end of the spacewalk with McDivitt and Schweickart still wearing their spacesuits. The quality of the broadcast was much better than the first, and the crew treated viewers to a scene of McDivitt eating, then pointed the camera out the LM\u2019s top window showing Gumdrop, then out one of the forward windows showing one of the LM\u2019s four attitude control thruster quads and one of the four landing legs, then back into the cabin to display a radiation detector and the LM\u2019s instrument panel. The broadcast lasted about 15 minutes.  McDivitt and Schweickart then returned to Gumdrop to rejoin Scott for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_schweickart_eva_as09-19-2982.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Schweickart on Spider\u2019s front porch, photographed by Scott.\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=297,300 297w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=768,775 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=396,400 396w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=595,600 595w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_scott_in_open_gumdrop_hatch_as09-20-3069.jpg?resize=892,900 892w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Scott in Gumdrop\u2019s hatch, photographed by Schweickart.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>For their fifth day in space, the Apollo 9 crew had a full plate \u2013 undocking of Spider from Gumdrop, testing the LM\u2019s Descent and Ascent Stage engines by conducting separation maneuvers followed by a rendezvous and docking with the CM. This marked the first time astronauts were flying in a spacecraft not designed to reenter the Earth\u2019s atmosphere \u2013 redocking with Gumdrop was essential. Spider backed away from Gumdrop to a distance of about 50 feet and began a slow turn so Scott in the CM could photograph all sides of the LM. Scott commented about Spider, \u201cThat\u2019s a nice looking machine.\u201d A small 10-second burn by the Service Module\u2019s Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters increased the separation distance to about three miles. About 45 minutes after undocking, Spider\u2019s DPS engine fired for 19 seconds, first at 10% thrust then McDivitt throttling the engine up to 40% thrust, to begin the separation maneuver that placed it about 50 miles from Gumdrop before orbital mechanics began to bring the two spacecraft closer again.  The next maneuver in the separation sequence was a 22-second DPS burn that opened the distance to about 100 miles. <\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_free_flight_as09-21-3183.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Spider as seen from Gumdrop shortly after undocking.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_spider_ascent_stage_free_flight_as09-21-3236.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Spider\u2019s ascent stage shortly before redocking with Gumdrop.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_gumdrop_seen_from_spider_as09-24-3652.jpg?resize=900,900 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Gumdrop as seen from Spider.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To begin the rendezvous back to Gumdrop, Spider first fired the RCS thrusters on its Ascent Stage for 32 seconds, at the same time jettisoning the Descent Stage, which remained in orbit until Mar. 22, burning up on reentry over the Indian Ocean. The next rendezvous maneuver was the first firing of the Ascent Propulsion System (APS) engine lasting three seconds, followed by a second APS burn lasting 38 seconds that put Spider on an intercept course with Gumdrop. Two small course corrections refined the trajectory and Spider stopped about 100 feet from Gumdrop to begin a pitchover maneuver, allowing Scott to photograph the ascent stage including the engine, commenting, \u201cYou\u2019re the biggest, friendliest, funniest looking Spider I\u2019ve ever seen<em>.\u201d <\/em>McDivitt then brought Spider in for a smooth docking with Gumdrop. The two craft had been flying separately for six hours and 23 minutes. Within two hours after docking, McDivitt and Schweickart rejoined Scott in the CM, and shortly after that they jettisoned Spider. Mission Control then commanded Spider\u2019s APS to fire for six minutes, placing it into a highly elliptical Earth orbit from which it didn\u2019t decay until Oct. 23, 1981. The Apollo 9 astronauts had met their mission\u2019s primary objectives, and they still had five more days in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov\/JSCHistoryPortal\/history\/oral_histories\/McDivittJA\/mcdivittja.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">McDivitt<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov\/JSCHistoryPortal\/history\/oral_histories\/SchweickartRL\/schweickartrl.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">Schweickart\u2019s<\/a> recollections of the Apollo 9 mission in their oral histories with the <a href=\"https:\/\/historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov\/JSCHistoryPortal\/history\/\" rel=\"noopener\">JSC History Office.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mol-cancellation-4-mol-group-1-astronauts.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mol-cancellation-4-mol-group-1-astronauts.jpg?resize=300,212 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mol-cancellation-4-mol-group-1-astronauts.jpg?resize=400,283 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">10 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">55 Years Ago: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Cancellation<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 days ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/history\/55-years-ago-star-trek-final-episode-airs-relationship-with-nasa-endures\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/star-trek-final-episode-13-armstrong-at-doohan-farewell-anne-cusack-la-times-2004.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg 983w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=241,300 241w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=768,956 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=823,1024 823w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=322,400 322w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=482,600 482w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=723,900 723w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/as11-40-5903_alt2.jpg?resize=965,1200 965w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 983px) 100vw, 983px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/the-apollo-program\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The Apollo Program<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/as14-66-09277\/as14-66-09277~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1920&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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