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Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules photographed from Lunar Module

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The Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules photographed from the Lunar Module, "Spider". The CSM Docking mechanism is visible in nose of the Command Module, "Gumdrop". The high-gain S-Band antenna can be seen towards the back of the service module. Astronauts, Russell Schweickart and Jim McDivitt took the photograph from the Lunar Module. Astronaut Dave Scott was present in the Command Module. (Apollo 9, AS09-24-3656)
Full resolution size: 110k

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1969-03-07 T 18:40
Distance/Range (km): N/A
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): N/A

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: global view, clouds, command module, water
Instrument: Hasselblad Camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): Film Type - 70 mm
Instrument Field of View (deg): N/A
Filter: None
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A
Phase Angle (deg): N/A
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: AS09-24-3656
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 69-118A-01A
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A


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Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov

Last updated: 24 September 2015