Spider

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Spider was the Lunar Module used during NASA's Apollo 9 mission to test and validate lunar landing operations in Earth orbit.

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Spider canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Lunar Module
spacecraft
callSign Spider
commandModuleCompanion Gumdrop
countryOfOrigin United States
crewCapacity 2
crewMember James McDivitt
Russell L. Schweickart
disposition burned up in Earth’s atmosphere
dockedWith Gumdrop
launchDate 1969-03-03
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
linked to: Grumman
mission Apollo 9
missionEnd 1969-03-13
missionNumber LM-3
missionOutcome success
missionStart 1969-03-03
name Spider
orbitalRegime low Earth orbit
partOfMissionPhase Apollo 9 Earth-orbital test phase
performed docking tests
extravehicular activity support
lunar module separation and ascent tests
rendezvous maneuvers
powerSource fuel cells
primaryMission test and validate lunar landing operations in Earth orbit
program Apollo program
propulsion ascent engine
descent engine
reentryDate 1969-03-13
role lunar module test vehicle
linked to: Apollo Lunar Module
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType Lunar Module LM-3
status destroyed during reentry
testedOperation independent flight of lunar module in Earth orbit
rendezvous with command and service module after separation
testedSystem lunar module guidance and navigation
lunar module life support
lunar module propulsion
usedFor testing lunar landing procedures
testing lunar module systems in space

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Apollo 9 lunarModuleName Spider
Gumdrop dockedWith Spider