Apollo 9

It was an unlikely case, having an Apollo command ship disabled thousands of miles from Earth. But during the Apollo 9 mission, the crew had actually conducted a test of firing the Lunar Module’s engines while it was docked to the Command Module. It turned out to be fortuitous to have considered such a situation, … Continue reading "13 MORE Things That Saved Apollo 13, part 9: Avoiding Gimbal Lock"

The 9,200 high-resolution images posted to the Project Apollo Archive were taken during every manned mission to the moon, both on the way there and back.

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.​

NASA Apollo 9

Crew Apollo 9

Adam kissed my cheek in September. Too bad the guy taking pictures didn't start snapping until after we turned back around. :-(

Saturn V SA-504, KSC INFO: Generating a liftoff thrust of 7,700,000 million pounds, the Saturn V space vehicle carrying Apollo-9 Astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart lifts off from the Spaceport's Launch Complex 39a today. The 6.500,000 million-pound space vehicle sent the space pilots and lunar module into earth orbit to qualify the two-man lunar craft system for a planned voyage to the moon later this year. The National Aeronautics and Space…

Adam Ant

At Cape Canaveral, Dec 1968