Apollo 9 astronauts, 1968. Artist: Unknown

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Apollo 9 astronauts, 1968. Russell Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, David Scott, Command Module pilot and James McDivitt, Commander, are dressed in spacesuits during a ground-based training exercise. Apollo 9, launched on 3 March 1969, carried the first complete Apollo spacecraft into earth orbit. The first docking of the Command and Service Module with the Lunar Module was carried out on this mission.

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