A photograph from a live television transmission from Apollo 9. This view shows the interior of the Lunar Module "Spider" on March 6, 1969. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, is in right foreground. In left background is astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.
A photograph from a live television transmission from Apollo 9. This view shows the interior of the Lunar Module “Spider” on March 6, 1969. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, is in right foreground. In left background is astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. At this moment Apollo 9 was orbiting Earth with the Command Module docked nose-to-nose with the Lunar Module. Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the Command Module “Gumdrop” while the other two astronauts checked out the Lunar Module.
Image Credit: NASA