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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Lunar Module
spacecraft
callSign Spider NERFINISHED
commandModuleCompanion Gumdrop NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crewCapacity 2
crewMember James McDivitt NERFINISHED
Russell L. Schweickart NERFINISHED
disposition burned up in Earth’s atmosphere
dockedWith Gumdrop NERFINISHED
launchDate 1969-03-03
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V NERFINISHED
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation NERFINISHED
mission Apollo 9 NERFINISHED
missionEnd 1969-03-13
missionNumber LM-3 NERFINISHED
missionOutcome success
missionStart 1969-03-03
name Spider NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
propulsion ascent engine
descent engine
reentryDate 1969-03-13
role lunar module test vehicle NERFINISHED
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraftType Lunar Module LM-3 NERFINISHED
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