Apollo 9 EVA
Tests lunar module spacesuit systems during Apollo 9.
Role range: 1969-1969
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Rusty Schweickart Biography and Timeline
Follow Rusty Schweickart through 8 dated historical records for United States of America.
Rusty Schweickart, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1969
Apollo 9 Portable Life Support Test
Tests the portable life support backpack and lunar spacesuit systems during Apollo 9.
Role range: 1969-1969
Portable Life Support System Test
Tests the lunar surface spacesuit and portable life support backpack outside lunar module Spider.
Role range: 1969-1969
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Free Flight
Flies in Spider during the first crewed independent flight of a lunar module.
Role range: 1969-1969
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Rendezvous
Participates in Spider's rendezvous with command module Gumdrop after the free-flight test.
Role range: 1969-1969
Lunar Module Independent Flight
Flies aboard Spider during the first crewed independent flight of a lunar module.
Role range: 1969-1969
Apollo 9 Splashdown
Returns with the Apollo 9 crew after successful testing of the complete Apollo spacecraft system.
Role range: 1969-1969
Apollo 9 Lunar Module Activation
Helps activate and check out Spider, the first lunar module flown with astronauts aboard.
Role range: 1969-1969
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