Summary: It’s March 9, 1969: After a three-day delay, NASA astronauts Rusty Schweickart, Jim McDivitt and David Scott launched out of Earth’s atmosphere on Apollo 9. Their mission? Test the lunar module, which will eventually bring astronauts to the surface of the moon. With the mission going smoothly so far – despite a few vomit incidents – NASA must decide when to land on the moon. Will they bump the flight up to May from the original July date? Stay tuned.
