Apollo 9

Apollo 9 was the third manned mission in the Apollo program, a ten day earth-orbital mission launched 3 March 1969. It was the second manned flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the first manned flight of the Apollo Lunar Module (LM).

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• James McDivitt (flew on Gemini 4 & Apollo 9), commander
• David Scott (flew on Gemini 8, Apollo 9, & Apollo 15), command module pilot
• Russell Schweickart (flew on Apollo 9), lunar module pilot

Backup crew

• Pete Conrad, commander
• Dick Gordon, command module pilot
• Alan Bean, lunar module pilot

Support crew

• Fred Haise
• Jack Lousma
• Ed Mitchell
• Al Worden

Apollo program: The Apollo program was a NASA spaceflight endeavor that landed the first humans on Earth's moon. Conceived during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Apollo began in earnest after US President John F. Kennedy announced his support for a manned moon landing on May 25, 1961, as part of a special ...

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