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Apollo 9

completedLaunch 1969-018
Launched 3/3/1969LEOService GSat LEO E
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
2 payloads
Apollo 9 CSM
retired
Human Spaceflight
LEO
Apollo 9 LM
retired
Human SpaceflightMEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
3/3/1969
Launch ID
1969-018
Launch Profile
Sat LEO E
Service Type
G
Orbit
LEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Launch Vehicle
Saturn V
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
2
Payload Status
retired 2
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 2
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Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

NASA compares the Artemis III orbital docking profile to Apollo 9 in 1969.

GeneralValue 2.0May 6, 2026Artemis 3: el regreso a la Luna se difumina entre retrasos, giros logísticos y trajes que no llegan

NASA characterizes the planned Artemis III in-orbit test as analogous to Apollo 9 as a dress rehearsal to enable a safer return to the Moon later this decade.

PlanValue 4.0Mar 2, 2026La NASA modifica el programa Artemis y retrasa el regreso tripulado a la Luna hasta 2028