Gumdrop

E880221

Gumdrop was the nickname given to the Apollo 9 command module, used in 1969 to test the lunar module and docking procedures in Earth orbit during NASA’s Apollo program.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gumdrop canonical 4
Gumdrop series 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo command module
spacecraft
associatedLunarModule Spider
callsign Gumdrop
commander James McDivitt
commandModulePilot David Scott
countryOfOperator United States
crewCapacity 3
crewEgressMethod ocean recovery
crewMember David Scott
James McDivitt
Russell L. Schweickart
dockedWith Spider
dockingTarget Apollo 9 lunar module Spider
followedBy Apollo 10 command module
historicalSignificance first crewed flight test of the Apollo lunar module in Earth orbit
landingDate 1969-03-13
launchDate 1969-03-03
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
lunarModulePilot Russell L. Schweickart
manufacturer North American Rockwell
missionDuration 1 hour
10 days
54 minutes
missionOutcome success
missionType Earth-orbital test of Apollo hardware
nicknameOf Apollo 9 command module
operatedBy NASA
orbitedBody Earth
partOfMission Apollo 9
precededBy Apollo 8 command module
linked to: Apollo 8 spacecraft
primaryObjective test of docking and extraction procedures
test of lunar module in Earth orbit
program Apollo program
recoveredBy USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7)
reentryType capsule splashdown
serviceModuleAttached yes
spacecraftConfiguration command and service module
spacecraftType Apollo Block II command module
splashdownLocation Atlantic Ocean
testedCapability crew transfer between modules
docking procedures
lunar module systems in Earth orbit
rendezvous procedures
yearOfOperation 1969

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 9 commandModuleName Gumdrop
Val Biro notableWork Gumdrop series
linked to: Gumdrop
Gumdrop callsign Gumdrop
Spider dockedWith Gumdrop