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

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Apollo 9 EVA

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S69-18547

S69-18547 (1969) — North American Rockwell artist’s concept illustrating a part of the planned Apollo 9 extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the mission as the Command and Service Modules are docked to the Lunar Module. The figure performing the EVA represents astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 9 lunar module pilot.

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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.

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