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13th MARCH IN HISTORY.APOLLO 9 SAFELY RETURNS TO EARTH[1969].APOLLO 9 WAS THE THIRD MANNED MISSION IN THE APOLLO PROGRAMME AND CONSISTED OF A 10-DAY EARTH-ORBITAL MISSION.IT WAS THE SECOND MANNED FLIGHT THE SATURN V LAUNCH VEHICLE AND THE FIRST MANNED FLIGHT OF THE APOLLO LUNAR MODULE.DURING THE MISSION,THE CREW TESTED A NEW SPACESUIT,.WHICH WAS THE FIRST TO POSSESS ITS OWN LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM.THIS MEANT THAT ASTRONAUTS NO LONGER HAD TO RELY ON AN UMBILICAL CONNECTION TO SPACECRAFT.
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