Apollo 9 (March 3–13, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in NASA's Apollo program, which successfully tested systems and procedures critical to landing on the Moon.

2024年9月11日 · The primary objective of Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbital engineering test of the first crewed lunar module, or LM. Other prime objectives included an overall checkout of launch vehicle and spacecraft systems, the crew, and procedures.

2009年7月8日 · Apollo 9 launched from Kennedy Space center on March 3, 1969, into a nominal 117 by 119-mile Earth orbit with Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart aboard.

The Apollo 9 mission was the first crewed flight of all Apollo lunar hardware, as well as the first crewed flight of the lunar module. Launched on March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 carried out a full test of the lunar landing mission in Earth orbit.

2019年3月13日 · The successful Apollo 9 mission, the most complex crewed space mission flown to that time, brought the Moon landing one step closer. The next step tested the LM in lunar orbit – while Apollo 9 was in orbit, NASA rolled out the Saturn V rocket for that mission, Apollo 10, planned to fly in May.

2018年9月18日 · Apollo 9 was an Earth-orbiting mission that tested out the Apollo lunar module for the first time. The lunar module was designed to bring astronauts to the surface of the moon and...

The ten-day Apollo 9 mission was designed to qualify the lunar module and to demonstrate combined spacecraft functions for manned lunar flight.

Apollo 9 was the third crewed Apollo flight and the first crewed flight to include the Lunar Module (LM). The crew was Commander James McDivitt, Command Module (CM) pilot David Scott, and LM pilot Russell Schweickart.

Apollo 9 marked the first and only test flight of the lunar module Spider (right) in low Earth orbit. The success of the mission paved the way for Apollo 10's lunar orbit test flight.

Apollo 9 marked the first flight of all three main Apollo vehicle elements – the Saturn V launch vehicle, the Command Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM). For the first time, the CSM and LM were docked in space.