Astronaut - Comets - NASA - Space - Spacecraft - UFOs
Mar. 18, 1969 - Apollo 9 spacecraft splashes down in Atlantic after 10-day rehearsal for putting man on the moon: America's three man Apollo 9 spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic 340 miles north of Puerto Rico on March 13th, at the end of a highly successful 10-day rehearsal for putting a man on the moon later this year. Photo shows Apollo 9 astronaut David R. Scott at commander James A. McDivitt as he prepares to leave spacecraft through open hatchway shortly after splashdown. McDivitt, Scott and Russell L. Schweicker in raft, descended by parachute to within 5 miles of the Guadaloanal, prime recovery ship
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