Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 that laid the foundation for humans to walk on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Clash writes about extreme adventure and classic rock. Rusty Schweickart, an Apollo 9 astronaut, is from NASA’s old guard, ...

The repository, posted by NASA's Chris Garry and designated as public domain, contains two distinct programs: Comanche055, ...

Discover the stories of the 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon, from Neil Armstrong's first steps to the final mission of ...

On the road to the moon the mission of Apollo 9 stands as an important gateway in experience and procedures leading directly to the confidence gained to place a man on the moon less than a half a year ...