March 3, 1969 Apollo 9 Launched three astronauts in the first test flight. Passengers of this flight James McDevitt, David Scott And Russell Schweickart They were.
The crew orbited the Earth for ten days, testing the spacecraft’s engines and navigation systems.
They also practiced attaching the module to another spacecraft in orbit. A space walk was also part of the mission, but it was cut short due to Schweikart’s illness.
The mission ended on March 13, indicating that the Apollo spacecraft was ready for a manned flight to the Moon.
