NASA Apollo 9 Mission Lapel Pin
APOLLO 9 Lapel Pin
| Mission | Apollo IX |
| Crew | James McDivitt David Scott Russell Schweickart |
| Lift Off | Saturn V March 3, 1969 11:00 a.m. EST KSC, Florida Complex 39-A |
| Splash- down |
March 13, 1969 12:00 p.m. EST Atlantic Ocean |
| Duration | 10 days, 1 hour |
The Apollo 9 space vehicle was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11 a.m. EST on March 3, 1969.
The Apollo 9 was the first crewed flight of the Lunar Module and was conducted to qualify the module for lunar operations.
Approximately 70 hours into the 10-day mission in Earth orbit, the Lunar Module, Spider, separated, rendezvoused and docked with the Command Module.
As a result of unfavorable weather in the planned landing area, Apollo 9 completed an additional orbit before returning to Earth.
