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).

Mission parameters

• Mass: CSM 26,801 kg; LM 14,575 kg
• Perigee: 189.5 km
• Apogee: 192.4 km
• Inclination: 32.57°
• Period: 88.64 min

LM - CSM docking

• Undocked: March 7, 1969 - 12:39:36 UTC
• Re-docked:March 7, 1969 - 19:02:26 UTC

EVA

• Schweickart - EVA - LM forward hatch
• Start: March 6, 1969, 16:45:00 UTC
• End: March 6, 1969, 17:52:00 UTC
• Duration: 1 hour, 07 minutes
• Scott - EVA - CM side hatch
• Start: March 6, 1969, 17:01:00 UTC
• End: March 6, 1969, 18:02:00 UTC
• Duration: 1 hour, 01 minute

See also

• Extra-vehicular activity
• List of spacewalks
• Splashdown