Apollo 9

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Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" disapearing in the Descartes undulations.

Half a century ago, in October 1968, Project Apollo—the United States’ multi-billion-dollar campaign to plant American boots on the surface of the Moon before the end of the decade—rose from the ashes of despair and triumphantly flew an 11-day mission in low-Earth orbit. Apollo 7 astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham launched atop

Hard to believe the decades fly by so fast. It was 45 years ago today that the crew of Apollo 9 took off from the Kennedy Space Center en route to a big test of the lunar module. Being March 1969, history shows that it was only about four months later when men touched the … Continue reading "Relive Apollo 9’s Moon Lander Test 45 Years Ago Through Incredible NASA Images"

NASA Apollo 9

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.

Apollo 9

The huge, 363-ft.-tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module V/Saturn 506) Space Vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Image S69-39527 courtesy NASA/JSC.