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Apollo 9: LM seen from the Command Module

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-apo09-30006

Image Size 300 DPI: 35 * 34 cm

The Lunar Module (LM) "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. While astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the CSM "Gumdrop," astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, checked out the "Spider." The LM's descent stage had already been jettisoned. Mar 7 1969.

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1969 - APOLLO - APOLLO 9 - ATMOSPHERE - CLOUD - COMMAND MODULE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - LIMB - LM - LUNAR MODULE - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MODULE - SPACE - SPACESHIP - WINDOW -