Gumdrop Meets Spider
March 12, 2012
This image, taken on March 6, 1969, shows the Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules docked with the Lunar Module. Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott stands in the open hatch of the Command Module, nicknamed "Gumdrop," docked to the Lunar Module "Spider" in Earth orbit. His crewmate Rusty Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph from the porch of the lunar module. Inside the lunar module was Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt. The crew tested the orbital rendezvous and docking procedures that made the lunar landings possible.
Image Credit: NASA
Image Credit: NASA
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Apollo program, Manned spacecraft, Exploration of the Moon, Apollo Command/Service Module, Service module, Rusty Schweickart, James McDivitt, Apollo Lunar Module, Apollo 9, Moon landing, Apollo spacecraft, Spaceflight, Technology Internet
