Apollo 9 – Station E05

Apollo 9 Storyboard

Launch Day

Top Left: Flight Crew Preparation
Top Right: Orbital Insertion
Middle Left: 103 N. Mile Orbit
Middle Right: Separation
Bottom Left: Docking
Bottom Right: Docked SPS Burn

Second Day

Top Left: Landmark Tracking
Top Right: Pitch Maneuver
Bottom Left: Yaw-Roll Maneuver
Bottom Right: High Apogee Orbits

Third Day

Left: Crew Transfer
Right: LM System Evaluation

Fourth Day

Top Left: Camera
Top Right: Day-Night EVA
Bottom Left: Golden Slippers
Bottom Right: TV – Texas, Florida

Fifth Day

Top Left: Vehicles Undocked
Top Right: Burns For Rendezvous
Middle Left: Maximum Separation
Middle Right: APS Burn
Bottom Left: Formation Flying And Docking
Bottom Right: LM Jettison Ascent Burn

Sixth Thru Ninth Days

Left: Service Propulsion Burns
Right: Landmark Sightings, Photograph Special Tests

Tenth Day

Top Left: CM/SM Separation
Top Right: Re-Entry

Image credit: NASA JSC
Images: NASA Images

Apollo 9 EVA

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S69-18546

S69-18546 (February 1969) — North American Rockwell artist’s concept illustrating the docking of the Lunar Module ascent stage with the Command and Service Modules during the Apollo 9 mission. The two figures in the Lunar Module represent astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. The figure in the Command Module represents astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot. The Apollo 9 mission will evaluate spacecraft lunar module systems performance during manned Earth-orbital flight.

Image credit: NASA JSC
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