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Jim McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart's 10-day flight in Earth orbit tested flight hardware and mission procedures and proved that a crewed Moon landing was within reach.

Learn more about Apollo 9: https://go.nasa.gov/3IIHJCE

📷 Dave Scott in the Command Module hatch
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50 Years Ago: Apollo 9 Launched to Test the Lunar Module

50 Years Ago: Apollo 9 Launched to Test the LM
Kelli Mars (NASA)
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in reply to NASA

troi
troi
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iconic shot for me. Right up there with Ed White's Gemini spacewalk.

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