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#Apollo9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart celebrates his 90th birthday today. Born October 25, 1935

"We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We're the crew."

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October 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#Apollo9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart celebrates his 88th birthday today. Born October 25, 1935

"We're not passengers on Spaceship Earth. We're the crew."

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October 24, 2023 at 6:47 PM
March 13, 1969, Schweickart, Scott and McDivitt successfully conclude #Apollo9 with a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, just 4.5 nautical miles from their prime recovery ship the USS Guadalcanal.

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March 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Navy frogman team prepares the #Apollo9 Spacecraft "Gumdrop", March 13, 1969

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March 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
#OTD March 3, 1969 #Apollo9 Launch of Gumdrop and Spider
- The first shakedown mission of the LM and the first EVA of the Apollo program

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March 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
October 25, 1935 | Happy 88th Birthday [ Rusty Schweickart ], Mission #Apollo9, testing the PLSS that was used on Lunar explorations.

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October 24, 2023 at 6:54 PM
56 Years ago #Apollo9: 7 - 13 March 1969
Command Module Pilot Dave Scott inside Command Module "Gumdrop"
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March 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Three to Make Ready
#OTD March 3, 1969 #Apollo9 Launch of Gumdrop and Spider

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March 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
56 Years ago #Apollo9: 7 - 13 March 1969
A tired Commander James McDivitt inside Command Module "Gumdrop"
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March 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
October 25, 1935 | Happy 90th Birthday [ Rusty Schweickart ], Mission #Apollo9, testing the PLSS that was used on Lunar explorations.

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October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"It truly is an oasis - and we don't take very good care of it. I think the elevation of that awareness is a real contribution to saving the earth.

#Apollo9 astronaut Dave Scott looks down at Earth from the Apollo 9 Command Module in March 1969

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March 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
#Apollo9 panorama
Great tribute to an important and memorable mission..
a major step to the moon. March 1969
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March 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
#Apollo9 Mission
CM Pilot Dave Scott taking a moment to enjoy a view of Earth from the open hatch of the CSM Gumdrop, at the time docked to the LM Spider and orbiting at an altitude of about 149 miles, on March 6, 1969

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March 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Distant view of the #Apollo9 Lunar Module, Spider in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the command and Services Modules on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The module is photographed over an Earth limb. March 1969
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March 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy Birthday Astronaut David Scott born June 6, 1932. 9⃣3️⃣ Scott flew in space three times, Gemini 8, #Apollo9 & #Apollo15, was the 7th person to walk on the Moon, & later drove the lunar rover for the first time on the moon's surface during the mission
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June 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
#Apollo9 Astronaut David R. Scott stands in the open hatch of the Apollo Command Module “Gumdrop” in Earth Orbit
March 6,1969.

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March 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
#Apollo9;
Orbit Earth, Test the New Lunar Module, Return Safely
— March, 1969

The Apollo Lunar Module (call sign: Spider) with its eventual destination behind it

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March 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#Apollo9 Commander James McDivitt suits up for his scheduled space mission on launch day.
#OTD March 3, 1969
"Life in a Fish Bowl"

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March 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
March 1969, when Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott paused from collecting thermal samples to gaze at the stunning view of our planet from space. Talk about an unforgettable moment!
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March 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Grumman was awarded the LEM contact on November 7, 1962. The first LEM flew on the uncrewed #Apollo5 mission on 22 January 1968. The first crewed Apollo mission with a LEM was #Apollo9 on 3 March 1969.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy New Year... Streaming all day in honor of Kevin Mitnick: TAKEDOWN…

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January 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#OTD March 13, 1969: #Apollo9 splashed down in the Atlantic 290 km east of the Bahamas at 17:01 GMT, clearing for the final thrust at the moon.

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March 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
March 13, 1969 - Splashdown of #Apollo9, the first manned flight of the Lunar Module. This was second and final earth orbiting Apollo mission.

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March 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
March 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Commander Dave Scott standing in the open hatch of CM "Gumdrop", #Apollo9 photographed by crew member Rusty Schweickart, during an EVA in low-Earth orbit on March 6, 1969.

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March 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM