Apollo 9

Photos celebrating the remarkably inventive and daring spacecraft known as LEM, from the drawing board to the Apollo 11 mission.

This week in 1969, the Apollo 9 crew splashed down after a 10-day mission. Here, astronaut Russell L. Schweickart performs a spacewalk on the fourth day of the Earth-orbital mission.

High above the Earth on March 6, 1969, a view of the Apollo 9 command/service module, photographed by Rusty Schweickart from the lunar module porch. You can see Dave Scott just inside the open hatch...

NASA Remembers Apollo 11 moonwalker Neil Armstrong with 'Tranquility Base' Music Video. NASA is remembering the iconic astronaut with a touching music video tribute. Neil Armstrong died on Aug. 25, 2012 at age 82. A talented Navy aviator, test pilot and astronaut, Armstrong cemented his place in history on July 20, 1969 when he became the first person to walk on the moon as commander of NASA's Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. 19.7. 2014, NCO eCommerce, www.netkaup.is

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NASA INFO: (14 Nov. 1969) --- The three Apollo 12 crew men leave the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) during the Apollo 12 prelaunch countdown. Leading is astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander; followed by astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. They rode a special transport van over the Pad A, Launch Complex 39, where their spacecraft awaited. The Apollo 12 liftoff occurred at 11:22 a.m. (EST)…

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Apollo 9 Hasselblad image from film magazine 21/B - Earth orbit, LM test flight

Apollo 16 Moment of impact during splashdown

24 November 1969: The Apollo 12 command module Yankee Clipper, carrying astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad, Jr., Mission Commander; Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Command Module Pilot; Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module Pilot; landed in the Pacific Ocean at 20:58:24 UTC, approximately 500 miles east of American Samoa. Mission Time: 244:36:23. © 2015, Bryan R. Swopes

Anyone who's spent time on the internet knows that some folks doubt the veracity of the moon landing, but the evidence is all around us.

In the first week of March 1969, NASA's Apollo 9 mission saw the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) getting its first full orbital workout as the US sprinted the last lap of the race to be the first on the Moon.​

Apollo 11 Hasselblad image from film magazine 40/S - EVA

Apollo 1 Astronauts James A. McDivitt, backup CP; Roger B. Chaffee, prime navigator; and Edward H. White II, prime pilot, for the Apollo 1 mission, pose on the steps leading to Apollo mockup no. 2 at North American's mockup display area in Downey, California.

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 11 a.m. EST, March 3, 1969. Aboard the spacecraft are astronauts James A. McDivitt, commander; David R. Scott, command module pilot; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.

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