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).

Apollo 9 maneuver summary

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Reference

• NASA NSSDC Master Catalog
• APOLLO BY THE NUMBERS: A Statistical Reference by Richard W. Orloff (NASA)
• Apollo 9 Characteristics - SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK
• Baker, David. The History of Manned Space Flight. Crown Publishers, Inc. First Edition. ISBN 051754377X