Outrocket.com
 
 

Apollo 9

Rocket launch

by USA

Launch time3 Mar 196916:00 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: SA-504

Tests of the Lunar Module and the portable life support system backpack.

Rocket Saturn V

launched from Kennedy Space Center, LC-39AUSA

Payloads

Total mass 43196 kg

NamePurposeMassComment
Apollo CSM-104---
Apollo LM-3---

Spacecraft landing

success
  • Type

    parachute

Crew

  • James A. McDivitt USA
  • David R. Scott USA
  • Russell L. Schweickart USA