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a09_v_bw_o_AKP (AS9-24-3656)

“APOLLO CSM VIEWED FROM LM---The Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules as 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. Inside the Lunar Module were Astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the Command Module while the other two astronauts checked out the Lunar Module.”

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Uploaded on September 8, 2022