Space Rocket History #177 – Apollo 9 – Preparations

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English - September 13, 2020 14:59 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 123 ratings
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The biggest concern before Apollo 9 was the docking maneuver. In early 1969, at NASA there was little confidence in the docking system. At a January program review, Phillips said that problems encountered during probe and drogue testing worried him…