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Apollo 9 Pre-Launch Breakfast

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-124

3 March 1969

Seated in foreground, L-R, Schweickart, Scott, Brig. Gen. C H Polander, Manager Lunar Module, and on the end backup LMP Alan Bean.

Across the Table, L-R George Skuria, Gurmman Aircraft base manager at KSC, McDivitt's clergyman Rev. Connelly, McDivitt and Kenneth Klainknecht, manager, CSM at the Cape.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

Apollo 9 Commander McDivitt Suits Up

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-403

3 March 1969

Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt suits up for his scheduled space mission on launch day.

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Apollo 9 Commander McDivitt Suits Up

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-126

3 March 1969

Space Suit Technician Clyde Teague checks the suit of Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt prior to the start of the mission to test the Lunar Module in actual space flight in Earths orbit.

This is the first time the new suiting up room has been used in KSC's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

Apollo 9 CMP Dave Scott Suits Up

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-127

3 March 1969

Technician John Bolan helps suit up  Apollo 9 Command Module Pilot David Scott prior to the start of his Earth orbital mission to check-out the Lunar Module in actual space flight.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

Apollo 9 CM Pilot Scott Suits Up

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-404

3 March 1969

Apollo 9 Command Module Pilot Dave Scott suits up and undergoes spacesuit integrity checks in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Cape prior to his scheduled Earth orbital space mission on launch day.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

Apollo 9 Walk Through

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-125

3 March 1969

The Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt leads crewman Dave Scott and Rusty Schwickart through the hallway of the  Manned Spacecraft Operations Building en route to the transfer van, or Astro Van as I like to call it, for the 8 mile trip to launch pad A of Complex 39. This is the first time a crew has made this walk as it is the first time the suiting up room was used in the manned Spacecraft Operations Building at the Cape.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

Apollo 9 Walk Out

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-128

3 March 1969

Our Apollo 9 space heroes have suited up and are seen leaving the crew quarters building en route to the transfer van that will carry them to Launch Pad A of Complex 39. McDivitt leads the way with Scott next and Schweickart bringing up the rear.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

Apollo 9 Crew Prepare To Enter Gumdrop

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-423

3 March 1969

Apollo 9 Commander James McDivitt, background, and Lunar Module Pilot Russell Schweickart prepare to enter their spacecraft in the closeout room, 320 feet above the Cape's Launch Complex 39A. The Apollo 9 CMP, Dave Scott,  is in the background out of view and will be the last to be inserted.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

Apollo 9 Scott Last To Enters Spacecraft

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69PC-61

3 March 1969

Dave Scott is kneeling down in front of Gunter Wendt and is about to enter the spacecraft to join his fellow Apollo 9 crewman James McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart.

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Apollo 9 Scott Last To Enters Spacecraft #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69PC-63

3 March 1969

Technicians are seen helping Dave Scott slip into  the spacecraft to join his fellow Apollo 9 crewman James McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart.

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Apollo 9 Closeout With Gunter Wendt

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69PC-64

3 March 1969

Gunter Wendt, kneeling, is looking over his check list after he and his crew inserted the Apollo 9 Astronauts into their spacecraft and have just closed the spacecrafts hatch. The Closeout Room is located 320 feet above the spaceport's Launch Complex 39A at the Cape.

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Apollo 9 Closeout With Gunter Wendt #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69PC-60

3 March 1969

Gunter Wendt, kneeling, is looking over his check list after he and his crew inserted the Apollo 9 Astronauts into their spacecraft. The hatch is secure and internal pressure has been checked, now its time to go.

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Apollo 9 Firing Room 2 Launch Activities

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-141

3 March 1969

Engineers within Firing Room 2 of the Cape's Launch Control Centre monitor countdown activities for lift-off of the Apollo 9 spacecraft and crew for a 10-day Earth orbital mission to check out the Lunar Module.

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Apollo 9 Lift Off

10  x  8  Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  G-69-5064

3 March 1969

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969.

This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

Apollo 9 Launch

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  107-KSC-69C-1494

3 March 1969

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969.

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Apollo 9 Lift Off

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-409

3 March 1969

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969.

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Apollo 9 Lift Off  #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-409

3 March 1969

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Centre at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

Apollo 9 Saturn 504 Clears The Tower

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-406

3 March 1969

A wonderful distance view of the Apollo 9 space vehicle from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969 as it clears the tower and heads off to space for the start of the Earth Orbital Mission.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

Apollo 9 Saturn 504 Staging

10  x 8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  69-H-416

3 March 1969

A 70mm Airborne Light-weight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera mounted in a pod on a cargo door of an NKC-135 aircraft flying at 40,000 feet photographed this sequence fo the early moments of the Apollo 9 launch. In the top left and right frames, the first stage engines, generating a thrust of 7.7 million pounds, are propelling the 363-foot high Apollo Saturn V to first stage separation. At lower left, the Saturn V's first stage engines are about to shut down for staging, 2.5 minutes after lift-off when the vehicle was about 36 miles high and 50 miles downrange from the launch site. In the last frame, the mated Apollo spacecraft and second and third stages pull away from the spent first stage.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

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Apollo 9 Mission Control

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  S-69-26301

3 March 1969

Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in Mission Control Centre, Building 30, during the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. When this photograph was taken a live television transmission was being received from Apollo 9 as it orbited the earth. This is seen on the screen on the upper right of the photo.

This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

£12.95

Apollo 9 LM Spider Still In Third Stage

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-19-2919

3 March 1969

The Lunar Module (LM) 3 "Spider", still attached to the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage, is photographed from the Command/Service Module (CSM) "Gumdrop" on the first day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. This picture was taken following CSM/LM-S-IVB separation, and prior to LM extraction from the S-IVB. The Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) panels have already been jettisoned.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

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Apollo 9 Dave Scott's Stand Up EVA

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-20-3064

6 March 1968

View of the docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules and Lunar Module, with Earth in the background, during Astronaut David R. Scott's stand-up extravehicular activity, on the fouth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Scott, command module pilot, is standing in the open hatch of the Command module. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph of Scott from the porch of the Lunar Module.

This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in good condition and printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

£12.95

Apollo 9 Dave Scott's Stand Up EVA

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-20-3064

6 March 1969

View of the docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules and Lunar Module, with Earth in the background, during Astronaut David R. Scott's stand-up extravehicular activity, on the fouth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Scott, command module pilot, is standing in the open hatch of the Command module. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph of Scott from the porch of the Lunar Module.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

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Apollo 9 Rusty Schweickart EVA

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-19-2983

6 March 1969

Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, operates a 70mm Hasselblad camera during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Command/Service Module and the Lunar Module 3 "Spider" are docked. This view was taken form the Command Module "Gumdrop". Schweickart, wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), is standing in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module porch. On his back, partially visible, are a Portable Life Support System (PLSS) and an Oxygen Purge System (OPS).

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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Apollo 9 Rusty Schweickart EVA #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-19-2994

6 March 1969

Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, is photographed from the Command Module "Gumdrop" during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Command and Service Modules are docked with the Lunar Module when this photo was taken by D Scott.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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Apollo 9 Rusty Schweickart Golden Slippers EVA

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-20-3094

6 March 1969

Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module 3 porch during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. This photograph was taken from inside the Lunar Module "Spider" while the Command/Service Module and Lunar Module were docked. Schweickart is wearing the latest Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) during his EVA.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

£9.95

Apollo 9 Second TV Transmission

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-145

6 March 1969

The second television transmission from Apollo 9 depicts the docked Command and Service modules and Lunar Module taken through the hatch of the Lunar Module. Below the cloud covering is the East coast of Florida and the Cape. This TV transmission was received about 75 hours into the 10-day flight when the spacecraft was orbiting at an altitude of 140 miles.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

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Apollo 9 Second TV Transmission  #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-146

6 March 1969

This television transmission from Apollo 9 included this view of an astronaut closing the Lunar Module's hatch, foreground, connecting to the docking tunnel and the command module. Commander McDivitt and LMP Rusty Schweickart worked in the Lunar Module whileit was docked to the Command Module with Dave Scott as the pilot. They were orbiting 140 miles above Florida in this frame.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

£11.95

Apollo 9 Second TV Transmission  #3

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-147

6 March 1969

During this television transmission Apollo 9 Astronaut Rusty Schweickart twirls a radiation detection device in the weightless environment of the Lunar Module while in Earths orbit.

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Apollo 9 CSM In Orbit

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-24-3656

7 March 1968

The Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules photographed from the Lunar Module, "Spider", on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Docking mechanism is visible in nose of the Command Module, "Gumdrop". Object jutting out from the Service Module aft bulkhead is the high-gain S-Band antenna.

This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in good condition and printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

£8.95

Apollo 9 LM Spider Seen From CSM

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-21-3231

7 March 1969

The Lunar Module "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-Orbital Mission. While David Scott remained at the controls in the CSM "Gumdrop" James McDivitt and Russel Schweickart checked out the LM "Spider". The Lunar Module's descent stage had already been jettisoned when this photograph was taken.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

LM-3 Viewed From CSM #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC-69 MSG-2244

7 March 1969

View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module, in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Lunar Module "Spider" is flying upside down in relation to the earth below. The landing gear on the "Spider" had been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear foot pads.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy presentation photograph is in very good condition. VG+

Spider In Landing Configuration

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  MSFC-69 MS-G 2245

7 March 1969

View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module, in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Lunar Module "Spider" is flying upside down in relation to the earth below. The landing gear on the "Spider" had been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from the landing gear foot pads.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy presentation photograph is in very good condition. VG+

£9.95

Apollo 9 View Of Cyclonic Storm

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-23-3592

11 March 1969

Apollo 9 Earth Sky view of a cyclonic storm system located 1200 iles north of Hawaii. This photograph was taken on the 124th revolution of the Apollo 9 spacecraft.

This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

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Apollo 9 Gumdrop In Space

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-24-3631

7 March 1969

A fantastic view of the Apollo 9 Command & Service Module as seen from the Lunar Module with the black of deep space as a backdrop.

This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

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Apollo 9 LM Spider Deployment

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-19-2919

3 - 13 March 1969

The command and service modules have separated from the S-IVB, and the panels that have protected the LM during launch have been cast off. After docking the CSM's main engine will be fired for the first time to raise and stabilize the orbit of the docked spacecraft.

This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in mint condition. Printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

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Apollo 9 Spider And Gumdrop Docked

10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  AS9-20-3071

6 March 1969

View of the docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules and Lunar Module, with Earth in the background on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. Scott, command module pilot, has just opened the Command modules hatch and is about to do his stand up EVA. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph from the porch of the Lunar Module during his famous Golden Slippers EVA.

This fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ Printed on heavy "A Kodak Paper".

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Apollo 9 Spacecraft Returns To Earth

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-159

13 March 1969

Apollo 9 spacecraft approaches touchdown in the Atlantic recovery area to conclude a successful ten-day, earth-orbital space mission.

Splashdown occurred in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m., 13 March 1969 less than five miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal and 780 nautical miles southeast of the Cape.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

Apollo 9 Splashdown

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-158

13 March 1969

Impact ! The Apollo 9 command module with the crew onboard hit the water in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m. on the 13 of March 1969. The spacecraft splash downed 4.5 miles from the prime recovery ship, the USS Guadalcanal, 780 nautical miles southeast of the Cape.

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Apollo 9 Splashdown #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-157

13 March 1969

Just moments after Impact ! The Apollo 9 command module with the crew onboard hit the water in the Atlantic Ocean at 12:00:53 p.m. on the 13 of March 1969. The spacecraft's parachutes have just gone limp as it has only been seconds since it hit the water.

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Apollo 9 Dave Scott Is First To Egress The CM

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-191

13 March 1969

Pararescuman helps Apollo 9 CMP Dave Scott from the spacecraft during recovery operations at the completion of his 10-day Earth orbital mission. Rusty and McDivitt are still inside waiting their turn to exit. The crew fired the spacecrafts retro rockets to place it in re-entry position during their 152nd revolution of the Earth to make a almost pin-point landing just some 4.5 miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guadalcanal.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

Apollo 9 Rusty Is Next To Exit The CM

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-193

13 March 1969

Apollo 9 Rusty Schweickart leaps onto the spacecraft's flotation collar after the helicopters downwash upset his life raft and almost blew it away. You can see it standing up on end here. Very difficult to get into a flying life raft.

Commander McDivitt is still inside the spacecraft and is missing the show as Dave Scott sits with one of the Navy Frog Men in the other raft and watches the show.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.

Apollo 9 Rusty Is Next To Exit The CM #2

10  x  8  B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA  No.  108-KSC-69P-190

13 March 1969

Rusty Schweickart is seen jumping into the life raft following the Apollo 9 splashdown. Dave Scott, on the right, is seen sitting in the life raft while McDivitt is still inside the CM waiting his turn to egress the spacecraft. As commander of the mission, it is tradition that the Captain or Commander is the last to leave the ship or spaceship as the case may be.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition.