Spider

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Spider was the Lunar Module used during NASA's Apollo 9 mission to test and validate lunar landing operations in Earth orbit.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spider canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
callSign Spider ⓘ
commandModuleCompanion Gumdrop ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewCapacity 2 ⓘ
crewMember James McDivitt ⓘ
Russell L. Schweickart ⓘ
disposition burned up in Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ
dockedWith Gumdrop ⓘ
launchDate 1969-03-03 ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn V ⓘ
manufacturer Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation ⓘ
linked to: Grumman
mission Apollo 9 ⓘ
missionEnd 1969-03-13 ⓘ
missionNumber LM-3 ⓘ
missionOutcome success ⓘ
missionStart 1969-03-03 ⓘ
name Spider ⓘ
orbitalRegime low Earth orbit ⓘ
partOfMissionPhase Apollo 9 Earth-orbital test phase ⓘ
performed docking tests ⓘ
extravehicular activity support ⓘ
lunar module separation and ascent tests ⓘ
rendezvous maneuvers ⓘ
powerSource fuel cells ⓘ
primaryMission test and validate lunar landing operations in Earth orbit ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
propulsion ascent engine ⓘ
descent engine ⓘ
reentryDate 1969-03-13 ⓘ
role lunar module test vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Apollo Lunar Module
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
spacecraftType Lunar Module LM-3 ⓘ
status destroyed during reentry ⓘ
testedOperation independent flight of lunar module in Earth orbit ⓘ
rendezvous with command and service module after separation ⓘ
testedSystem lunar module guidance and navigation ⓘ
lunar module life support ⓘ
lunar module propulsion ⓘ
usedFor testing lunar landing procedures ⓘ
testing lunar module systems in space ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Apollo 9 → lunarModuleName → Spider ⓘ
Gumdrop → dockedWith → Spider ⓘ