{"id":631278,"date":"2024-03-13T14:45:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=631278"},"modified":"2024-03-13T14:45:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T18:45:28","slug":"apollo-9-crew-comes-home","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/apollo-9-crew-comes-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Apollo 9 Crew Comes Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A recovery helicopter with "Navy" and "54" stenciled on it hovers above the water, the wind from its blades creating rings of circles below. Directly below the helicopter is an orange and white parachute. At bottom right is the Apollo 9 command module, where the astronauts await recovery.\" 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\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg 4699w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=300,235 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=768,603 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=1024,803 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=1536,1205 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=2048,1607 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=400,314 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=600,471 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=900,706 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=1200,942 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/s69-27919orig.jpg?resize=2000,1569 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Fifty-five years ago today, NASA astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal, concluding a successful 10-day Earth-orbital mission in space. In this image from March 13, 1969, a recovery helicopter hovers above the Apollo 9 spacecraft; the astronauts were still inside the command module.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apollo 9 was the first crewed flight of the command\/service module along with the lunar module. The mission\u2019s three-person crew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/apollo\/apollo-9-mission-details\/\">tested several aspects critical to landing on the Moon<\/a> including the lunar module\u2019s engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/gallery\/apollo-9\/\">See more photos from Apollo 9.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-five years ago today, NASA astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal, concluding a successful 10-day Earth-orbital mission in space. 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