| NASA Center: |
Johnson Space Center |
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| Image # : |
AS9-20-3064 |
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| Date : |
03/06/1969
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Title
"Gumdrop Meets Spider"
Full Description
Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed "Gumdrop" and Lunar
Module (LM), nicknamed "Spider" are shown docked together as Command
Module pilot David R. Scott stands in the open hatch. Astronaut Russell
L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, took this photograph of Scott
during his EVA as he stood on the porch outside the Lunar Module.
Apollo 9 was an Earth orbital mission designed to test docking
procedures between the CSM and LM as well as test fly the Lunar Module
in the relative safe confines of Earth orbit.
Keywords
Apollo 9 Command Module Service Module Lunar Module CSM LM Docking Spider Gumdrop Dave Scott
Subject Category
Lunar Module, Apollo 9, EVAs-Spacewalk,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
JSC
- Center Number:
AS9-20-3064
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-001100
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NASA Russell L. Schweickart
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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