David Scott

The LM Spider approaching for rendezvous over the Earth

Apollo 9, March 3-13, 1969, orbit 62

Vintage photograph with red NASA MSC number “AS9-21-3235” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Four hours after undocking from Gumdrop, the crew of the LM “jettisoned the descent stage, and then fired the ascent engine for the first time in space. From their adjusted position about 10 miles below and 80 miles behind the Command Module, they began their approach to a rendezvous and docking, much the same as the actual event to take place later on Apollo 11. The first phase of their rendezvous terminated temporarily with about a 100 ft separation, so that both spacecraft could be photographed,” related NASA associate administrator George Muller (NASA SP-350, p. 192).