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Crew
McDivitt Schweickart Scott

03 March 1969 11:00 GMT. Duration: 10.04 days. Call Sign: Gumdrop/Spider. Backup Crew: Bean, Conrad, Gordon. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC39A. Launch Vehicle: Saturn V. LV Configuration: Saturn V s/n SA-504. Program: Apollo. Class: Manned. Type: Lunar spacecraft. Spacecraft: Apollo CSM. Payload: Apollo CSM 104. Mass: 36,511 kg. Location of Spacecraft: Michigan Space Center, Jackson, MI. Perigee: 203 km. Apogee: 229 km. Inclination: 32.6 deg. Period: 88.6 min. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 16 , 26 , 27 , 33 , 60 .

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