Apollo 9, NASA’s first crewed Earth-orbit test of the lunar module (LM-3 Spider) with CSM-104 Gumdrop. Saturn V (AS-504) from KSC LC-39A lofted McDivitt, Scott, and Schweickart on 3 March 1969; first crewed LM flight and docking.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 42.5 T
- Flight
- 4th
- of 13 Saturn V flights
- Date and time
- 3 March 1969, 16:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Builder
- Boeing / North American / Douglas
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1969-018
- Launches in 1969
- 23rd of 125
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