Apollo 9 Splashdown Site - 13/3/1969
Turks and Caicos Islands /
Grand Turk /
Cockburn Town /
World
/ Turks and Caicos Islands
/ Grand Turk
/ Cockburn Town
World
place with historical importance, NASA
Apollo 9, was the third manned mission in the United States Apollo space program and the first flight of the Command/Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). Its three-person crew, consisting of Commander James McDivitt, Command Module Pilot David Scott, and Lunar Module Pilot Rusty Schweickart, tested several aspects critical to landing on the Moon, including the LM engines, backpack life support systems, navigation systems, and docking maneuvers. The mission was the second manned launch of a Saturn V rocket.
history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_09a_Summary.htm
history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_09a_Summary.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_9
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Coordinates: 23°13'11"N 67°58'47"W
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- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 1404 km
- Former Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) 1409 km
- Kennedy Space Center 1416 km
- NASA Langley Research Center 1743 km
- NASA Wallops Flight Facility - Main Base 1789 km
- NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 2217 km
- Redstone Arsenal 2222 km
- John C. Stennis Space Center 2292 km
- NASA Plum Brook Station 2445 km
- North Caicos 435 km
- Flamingo Pond 435 km
- Caicos Passage 479 km
- East Reef 497 km
- Horse Pond Bay 514 km
- Mayaguana 519 km
- Abraham's Bay 526 km
- Russel's Bay 532 km
- Lake 533 km
- Dean's Bay 536 km
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