Final flight program for Apollo 9 verified

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- 1969 January 15-17 - Nation: USA. Launch Vehicle: Saturn V.

Final flight program for Apollo 9 verified Program: Apollo. Spacecraft: Apollo LM. Flight: Apollo 9.
The final flight program for Apollo 9 was verified; the emergency egress test with the prime and backup crew was conducted; and the software integration test between the lunar module and Mission Control Center, MSC, was completed on January 15.
On January 16 the Saturn V/Mission Control Center-Houston integration testing was conducted. Additionally, a critical design review of the Launch Complex 39 slide wire system was conducted on January 17. Launch preparations for Apollo 9 continued to proceed on schedule.
Bibliography:
- Ertel , Ivan D; Morse , Mary Louise; et al, The Apollo Spacecraft Chronology Vol I - IV NASA SP-4009, NASA, 1966-1974. Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4009/cover.htm.

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