[Apollo 9] JETTISON OF THE S-IVB STAGE IN EARTH ORBIT AFTER LM EXTRACTION Russell Schweickart, D...

[Apollo 9] JETTISON OF THE S-IVB STAGE IN EARTH ORBIT AFTER LM EXTRACTION Russell Schweickart, David Scott or James McDivitt, 3-13 March 1969 Printed 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS9-19-2940]. Numbered 'NASA image AS9-19-2940' in red in the top margin, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the reverse (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas). 25.4 x 20.3 cm. (10 x 8 in.) Historical context This photograph captures the S-IVB third stage of the Saturn V rocket after the extraction of the docked Lunar Module (LM) from the adapter, with the cloud-covered Pacific Ocean in the background. A LM thruster quad is visible in the foreground. For the first time in history, the Apollo 9 crew successfully executed the crucial manoeuvre of docking with the LM-SIVB and extracting the Lunar Module from its protective adapter atop the Saturn V's third stage, where it had been housed during launch. Footnotes: From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken: 004:10:43 McDivitt: She's right out there (the SIVB). 004:10:46 Scott: She sure is. 004:10:49 McDivitt: Heck, we're going away from it, Dave. Good. [...] 004:11:45 Scott: We're in good shape on the controls; we're in minimum impulse, and we're stable. [...] 004:11:51 McDivitt: Give me the Hasselblad, Rusty. [...] 004:11:54 Schweickart: Okay, here you go. Should be all set up, Jim. [...] 004:13:34 Schweickart: God, that's beautiful! Could you see him real well, Jim? Because - He's right out in front of me. Watch more CLICK HERE: APOLLO 9 THREE TO MAKE IT READY (1969) 13272 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing