{"id":73164,"date":"2019-03-22T20:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-442058"},"modified":"2023-10-03T09:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:59:32","slug":"apollo-9-crew-completes-first-command-and-lunar-module-docking-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/apollo-9-crew-completes-first-command-and-lunar-module-docking-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 9 Crew Completes First Command and Lunar Module Docking in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Launching on March 3, 1969, atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Apollo 9 command and service module (CSM), along with the lunar module (LM), were on a path to complete the very first lunar module rendezvous and docking in Earth\u2019s orbit. Apollo 9 was the third crewed Apollo flight and the first to include 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\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Russell Schweickart, David R. Scott and James McDivitt, wave to well-wishers aboard the recovery ship at completion of Apollo 9.\" 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_crew_on_ship.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=768,528 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=1024,704 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=1536,1056 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=2048,1408 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=400,275 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=600,413 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=900,619 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=1200,825 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?resize=2000,1375 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\">Wearing flight caps presented to them by the crew of the USS Guadalcanal, the Apollo 9 astronauts, from left, Russell Schweickart, David R. Scott and James McDivitt, wave to well-wishers aboard the recovery ship at the completion of their 10-day Earth orbital mission. The Apollo 9 spacecraft splashed down 780 nautical miles southeast of Cape Kennedy at 12:01 p.m. EST, March 13, 1969. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Aboard the Apollo capsule, nicknamed \u201cGumdrop,\u201d were the crew: Commander James McDivitt, Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart, and Command Module Pilot David R. Scott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two of the three crewmembers were not new to spaceflight. McDivitt flew on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/gemini-iv-learning-to-walk-in-space\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemini IV<\/a>, in June 1965. The four-day mission included America\u2019s first spacewalk. McDivitt also served as the Apollo Space Program manager. Scott flew on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/geminis-first-docking-turns-to-wild-ride-in-orbit\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemini VIII<\/a> in March 1966, the first mission to link two spacecraft together in Earth orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous mission, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/a-bold-step-apollo-8-sends-first-human-flight-beyond-earth\" rel=\"noopener\">Apollo 8<\/a>, which launched Dec. 21, 1968, was the first to launch atop the powerful Saturn V rocket and the first to enter lunar orbit. Now, the three crew members of Apollo 9 had important goals of their own to complete to help NASA on its path to achieve its first Moon landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were that first crew that was going to get a chance to fly this vehicle and test this vehicle that was going to take human beings to the Moon,\u201d Schweickart said during an interview after the mission. \u201cWe were very aware of the time pressure and everything has to go right if we\u2019re for sure going to meet (President) Kennedy\u2019s goal of getting to the Moon in that decade and back.\u201d<\/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_launch_optional_photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The Apollo 9 capsule launches atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on March 3, 1969.\" 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_launch_optional_photo.jpg 3330w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=300,228 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=768,584 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=1024,779 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=1536,1168 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=2048,1557 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=400,304 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=600,456 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=900,684 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=1200,912 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_launch_optional_photo.jpg?resize=2000,1521 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The Apollo 9 capsule launches atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center on March 3, 1969. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>After launch, Apollo 9 entered Earth orbit and the crew performed an engineering test of the first crewed lunar module, nicknamed \u201cSpider,\u201d from beginning to end. They simulated the maneuvers which would be performed during actual lunar missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the mission, the astronauts performed a series of flight tasks with the CSM and the LM. The top priority was rendezvous and docking of the LM with the CSM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Flight Day 5, March 7, the LM was separated from the CSM and put into a circular orbit about 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) above the CSM. The LM descent stage was jettisoned and the ascent stage engine was fired for the first time in space. That lowered its orbit to about 9.9 miles (16 km) below and about 74 miles (120 km) behind the CSM. Other objectives included an overall checkout of launch vehicle and spacecraft systems, the crew and procedures.<\/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_lem_module.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A view of the Apollo 9 lunar module, nicknamed Spider, in a lunar landing configuration above Earth.\" 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_lem_module.jpg 4092w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=150,150 150w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=1024,1024 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=2048,2048 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=100,100 100w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=200,200 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=600,600 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=900,900 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=1200,1200 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_lem_module.jpg?resize=2000,2000 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed \u201cSpider,\u201d in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the LM has been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>Apollo 9 astronauts<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The crew also configured the lunar module to support a two-hour EVA, or spacewalk, by McDivitt and Schweickart. It was delayed and then shortened to 37.5 minutes due to nausea experienced by Schweickart during the first two days of the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe tested every possible thing that could be tested. The mission was completely dedicated to testing the systems, the engines, and the guidance and navigation, all kinds of things that we could do in Earth orbit,\u201d Schweickart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHere we all are at this historic moment that we\u2019re all part of, not just the astronauts, but everybody who\u2019s alive today, and we\u2019re all on this small planet as representative of life,\u201d said Schweickart. \u201cWe\u2019re beginning to move out from this planet, which as far as we know, contains all of the life in our little corner of the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Flight Day 10, March 13, 1969, the Apollo 9 capsule re-entered Earth\u2019s atmosphere and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean, within three miles and in full view of the recovery ship, the USS Guadalcanal, about 341 miles north of Puerto Rico. The lunar module descent stage decayed March 22.<\/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_retrieval.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Recovery of the Apollo 9 crew in the Atlantic Ocean on March 13, 1969.\" 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_retrieval.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=300,231 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=768,591 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=1024,788 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=1536,1182 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=2048,1576 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=400,308 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=600,462 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=900,692 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=1200,923 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_retrieval.jpg?resize=2000,1539 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">In the Atlantic Ocean, a pararescueman helps Apollo 9 Command Module Pilot David R. Scott from the spacecraft on March 13, 1969, during recovery at completion of the 10-day Earth orbital flight, with James McDivitt and Russell Schweickart still in the spacecraft.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\"><strong>NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was an amazing vehicle,\u201d Schweickart said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a hell of a ride,\u201d McDivitt said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the mission complete, Apollo 9 set the stage for the next step \u2014 Apollo 10 \u2014 a test mission that occurred about 70 miles above the Moon\u2019s surface. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launching on March 3, 1969, atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Pad 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Apollo 9 command and service module (CSM), along with the lunar module (LM), were on a path to complete the very first lunar module rendezvous and docking in Earth\u2019s orbit. Apollo 9 was [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":78416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2713,2933,2800,3215,2656,2862,2671],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[10285,3917],"coauthors":[8392],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Apollo 9 Crew Completes First Command and Lunar Module Docking in Space","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/apollo-9-crew-completes-first-command-and-lunar-module-docking-in-space\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/apollo-9-crew-completes-first-command-and-lunar-module-docking-in-space\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Linda Herridge"}],"creator":["Linda Herridge"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA History","Apollo","Apollo 9","Astronauts","Former Astronauts","Humans in Space","Kennedy Space Center"],"dateCreated":"2019-03-23T00:38:00Z","datePublished":"2019-03-23T00:38:00Z","dateModified":"2023-10-03T13:59:32Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Apollo 9 Crew Completes First Command and Lunar Module Docking in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/apollo-9-crew-completes-first-command-and-lunar-module-docking-in-space\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2019-03-23T00:38:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Missions\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"NASA History,Apollo,Apollo 9,Astronauts,Former Astronauts,Humans in Space,Kennedy Space Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"Linda Herridge\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":4,"time_ago":"5 years","featured_image":{"id":78416,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/apollo_9_crew_on_ship.jpg","title":"apollo_9_crew_on_ship","alt":"Russell Schweickart, David R. 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