1969-018C
LM 3 was the first piloted test flight of an LM, carried out in Earth orbit.
On Mar 6 the first spacewalk of the Apollo program was carried out. With Scott in the CSM, and McDivitt and Schweickart in the LM, the LM hatch was opened. Schweickart went out onto the LM porch. The spacecraft was repressurized after 1h 7min.
On Mar 7, Spider undocked and carried out tests of the DPS engine. After two burns of the DPS, the Descent Stage was jettisioned; it reentered on Mar 22. The APS was then put through its paces, with a successful rendezvous and docking. After the crew returned to the CSM, Spider was jettisoned and the APS burned again to leave the ship in an elliptical orbit.
| Spider (LM3) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Mar 3 | 1600:00 | Launch by SA-504 | KSC LC39 |
| 2018 | Removed from S-4B-504 by CSM 104 | ||
| 1969 Mar 5 | 1000? | Crew entry, power up | |
| 1969 Mar 5 | RCS test, legs deployed | ||
| 202 x 503 x 33 | |||
| 1741:33 | Docked DPS burn | 202 x 499 x 33 | |
| 1969 Mar 6 | 1644 | LM depressurized | |
| 1646? | HO? | ||
| 1969 Mar 6 | EVA by LMP | ||
| 1707:37 | Egress LMP | ||
| 1745 | Ingress | ||
| 1749:57 | Hatch closed | ||
| 1751 | LM repress | ||
| 1969 Mar 7 | Transfer hatch closed | ||
| 1239:20 | Undocked from CSM 104 | 229 x 239 x 33 | |
| 224 x 252 x 33.7 (MR) | |||
| 1347:34 | DPS phasing burn | 207 x 253 x 33 | |
| 1347:54 | DPS cutoff | 210 x 265 x 33.7 (MR) | |
| 1539:07 | DPS insertion burn | 248 x 257 x 33 | |
| 1539:30 | DPS cutoff | ||
| 1616:04 | LM3 DS separation | 89.3 242 x 246 x 33.6 (DS) | |
| 1616:06 | RCS 30s CSI burn | 208 x 255 x 33 | |
| 1616:36 | RCS cutoff | ||
| 1658:14 | APS constant DH burn, 3s | 207 x 215 x 33 | |
| 1658:17 | APS cutoff | ||
| 1757:59 | TPI burn 7m/s LM RCS | 208 x 233 x 33 | |
| 1758:36 | TPI burn off | ||
| 1827 | 2 km, at 10m/s | ||
| 1830 | 170m | ||
| 1830:51 | TPF burn | 224 x 234 x 33 | |
| 1834 | Rendezvous with CSM 104 at 30m | ||
| 1859 | Docked with CSM-104 | ||
| 1940 | Transfer hatch open, crew transfer to CSM | ||
| 2045? | Transfer hatch closed | ||
| 2122:45 | Undocked from CSM-104 | 225 x 234 x 33 ? | |
| 2132 | CSM leaves LM vicinity | ||
| 2153:20 | APS depletion burn 5:42 | ||
| 2159:10 | APS burn ends | 164.7 230 x 6939 x 28.91 | |
| 1969 Mar 8 | 0358 | 164.96 234 x 6936 x 28.9 | |
| 1970 Oct 9 | 156.63 230 x 6263 x 29.0 | ||
| 1981 Jun 6 | 99.66 198 x 1285 x 28.8 | ||
| 1981 Oct 23 | 1500? | Reentered | |
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