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 later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt ...

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Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, March 22. This device is unable to display framed content

WASHINGTON (AP) — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ABC 10News is taking a look back at the Apollo 9 mission as Artemis II gets ready to splash down off the coast of San Diego. Artemis will take Americans to the moon for the 1st time ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Four astronauts are scheduled to launch this week on humanity’s first lunar mission in over 50 years, featuring a woman, a Black man and a Canadian. Artemis advances ...

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 later The first manned mission of the CSM and LM ...