Here is my vintage 'Recovery Requirements Apollo 9' Manual
Dated January 22, 1969.
Apollo 9, was the third manned mission in the United States Apollo Space Program and the first flight of both the Command Service Module (CSM) with the Lunar Module (LM). Its' three-person crew, consisting of Commander Jim McDivitt, Command Module Pilot Dave 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.
After launching on March 3, 1969, the crewmen spent ten days in low Earth orbit. They performed the first manned flight of a LM, the first docking and extraction of a LM, two spacewalks, and the second docking of two manned spacecraft. The mission proved the LM worthy of manned spaceflight.
Title speaks for itself as far as subject matter. No real historical significance other than it is vintage. Just one of hundreds given out at the time as can be seen in the below 'Distribution List', except that this one survived in relatively good shape. Appears complete. I included some interesting pages from this item as seen below.
COVER
INTRODUCTION
MISSION DESCRIPTION
CSM/IVB ORBITAL OPERATIONS DIAGRAM
TRANSPOSITION, DOCKING
AND CSM/LM EJECTION DIAGRAM
DOCKED SPS BURNS DIAGRAM
DOCKED DPS BURN DIAGRAM
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY DIAGRAM
Because of Schweickarts' bout with space motion type sickness, this longer EVA was not attempted. However, Schweickart did complete a shorter EVA from the LM instead of the EVA described below. NASA wanted to keep the EVA period to a minimum because of the motion type sickness Schweickart experienced during the early part of the mission. There was a fear that if he threw up in his helmet while performing the EVA, he might choke on his vomit, so the EVA was shortened considerably.
LM ACTIVE RENDEZVOUS DIAGRAM
APS BURN TO DEPLETION DIAGRAM
CSM SPS BURNS DIAGRAM
TABLE 4-1.
PREDICTED IMPACT INFORMATION
FOR NONRECOVERABLE FLIGHT COMPONENTS
TABLE 4-2.
RECOMMENDED LAUNCH SITE
AREA RECOVERY FORCE SUPPORT
TABLE 4-3.
LANDING AREAS, ACCESS AND RETRIEVAL TIMES,
AND RECOMMENDED FORCE DEPLOYMENT
TABLE 4-5.
LOGISTIC AIRCRAFT SUPPORT
FIGURE 4-1
LAUNCH SITE AREA AND
RECOMMENDED FORCE DEPLOYMENT
FIGURE 4-2
LAUNCH ABORT AREA AND
RECOMMENDED FORCE DEPLOYMENT
FIGURE 4-3
RECOMMENDED PRIMARY RECOVERY
FORCE DEPLOYMENT
FIGURE 4-4
RECOVERY ZONES, CONTINGENCY AREA AND
RECOMMENDED AIRCRAFT STAGING BASES
FIGURE 4-5
RECOMMENDED
SECONDARY RECOVERY FORCE DEPLOYMENT
DISTRIBUTION LIST
PAGES B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6
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