32 ASTRONOMY • APRIL 2019
Apollo 9 served as an engineering test, a hardware demonstration,
and a vital steppingstone on the road to the Moon. by Alison Klesman
Jim McDivitt:
10 days in orbit
Astronaut Rusty Schweickart took
this photo of Jim McDivitt inside the
lunar module Spider several days
into the Apollo 9 mission. McDivitt’s
burgeoning beard reflects the fact
that it wasn’t until Apollo 10 that
crews began shaving in space.
ALL PHOTOS: NASA