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Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s Spacewalk

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Apollo 9 was the first crewed flight of the command/service module along with the lunar module. The mission's three-person crew tested several aspects critical to landing on the Moon. Apollo 9 set the stage for the next step, Apollo 10, which occurred about 70 miles above the Moon's surface.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: NASA's Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott Conducts Spacewalk in 1969 - Space Coast Daily

Apollo 9 was the first crewed flight of the command/service moduleAstronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6, 1969. (NASA image) (NASA) – Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6, 1969. Astron…

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Apollo 9 Astronaut David Scott’s Spacewalk

NASA/Russell L. Schweickart Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot for the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission, stands in the command module’s open hatch during his stand-up spacewalk on March 6, 1969. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph of Scott while also performing a spacewalk. He was positioned on the porch of the lunar module (LM), while astronaut James A. McDivitt, was inside the LM. Apollo 9 was t…

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