NASA APOLLO 9 MISSION “ THE SPACE DUET OF SPIDER AND GUMDROP “ 1969 78834

This color educational film offers a view of the Apollo 9 astronauts before, during and after their Earth orbital mission. Presents a record of the training, launch, and rendezvous of the command module (Gumdrop) and the lunar module (Spider), and the return and recovery of the crew. Copyright 1969. Opening: A Saturn V rocket on the launchpad. The Apollo 9 crew heads for the rocket, in their space suits: James McDivitt, David Scott, and Rusty Schweickart. Title: Apollo 9: The Space Duet of Spider & Gumdrop, music from The Yellow Submarine (:06-2:18). The elevator to the entry point of the rocket goes up with the astronauts in it. Spider is a lunar module, Gumdrop is the mothership, the command module. Saturn V rocket stands on the launchpad. Schweickart is the pilot of Spider, Scott is the pilot of Gumdrop, McDivitt is responsible for both. The astronauts speak to the press about their mission (2:19-4:44). A simulator moves with the men inside. They man their positions and press buttons. Hands on the contr