For the first time in more than 50 years, NASA is preparing to return to Earth with a manned mission. The Artemis project, which has been added several times, is still in progress. Scientists see it as a necessity return to natural satellitethis time, to fix.
It is for this reason that the North American space agency remembers the old frames hairs that it was possible to go to Lua (and return with life) at the end of the 60s. One of the misses that opened the way was known as Apollo 9. This work involved Many “first times” and one of them was the first space walk.
This first exit to space was taken by NASA in a surprising photo that captured the image of the day, on the official site of the space agency.
“Excellent view of two command and service modules (CSM) and the lunar module (LM) of Apollo 9 docked, with the Earth on the ground, during a space walk while astronaut David R. Scott, on the fourth day of the Earth orbital miss of Apollo 9. Scott, pilot of the command module, is working on the open hatch of the command module. Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, pilot of the lunar module, pulls this photograph of Scott from the hatch of the LM. Inside the LM was astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander of Apollo 9”, details NASA about the image on his site.
Miss Apollo 9 was launched on March 3, 1969. At that time, it turned into a crucial milestone in the space race in the direction of Lua. Although many times it is less clear than the misses Apollo 11 and 12, it was essential to pave the road for the first human habitation in the Moon.
Miss Apollo 9 was the first to test the Spider lunar module in Earth orbit. This spacecraft, designed to land on Lua, docked with the Gumdrop command module.
In addition to recording the first spacewalk in history, we also tested the lunar module's propulsion systems. These tests guarantee the module's ability to operate and operate on the Lua.
On this occasion, the first landing simulation was also carried out by astronauts James McDivitt and David Scott, in charge of practicing the landing and landing maneuvers of the lunar module in Earth orbit.