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).

Crew

• 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