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Nasa Apollo 9 Mission " the Space Duet of Spider and Gumdrop " (1969)

1969 · Short film · 28 min

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This color educational film offers a view of the Apollo 9 astronauts before, during and after their Earth orbital mission. Presents a record of the training, launch, and rendezvous of the command module (Gumdrop) and the lunar module (Spider), and the return and recovery of the crew. Copyright 1969. Opening: A Saturn V rocket on the launchpad. The Apollo 9 crew heads for the rocket, in their space suits: James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart. Title: Apollo 9: The Space Duet of…

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