What was the outcome of Apollo 9?

Answer 1

Apollo 9Apollo 9 was a mostly routine mission, so I'm not sure what the question means exactly, but see the Web Link to the left for a mission summary.

Apollo 8 was the first space mission to leave earth's orbit, which it did in December 1968, entering lunar orbit on Christmas Eve of that year, best remembered by Commander Frank Borman's reading of the opening chapter of Genesis. Apollo 8 simply orbited the moon but had no way to land there. The next mission, Apollo 9, in early 1969, was a mission designed to check out the new Lunar Excursion Module, or LEM (i.e., the lander), in earth's orbit. The LEM separated from the Apollo command module (CM) with two of the three astronauts aboard the LEM and one remaining in the CM. The LEM flew separately from the CM for a while, then re-docked with it safely. In mid May of 1969, Apollo 10 was sent into lunar orbit as a final "dress rehearsal" for the planned Apollo 11 lunar landing. Apollo 10 carried a LEM, which separated from the CM, descended to within 8 miles of the lunar surface, then re-docked with the CM. Finally, in July of 1969, the Apollo 11 mission was launched, which landed on the moon on 20July69.

Apollo3 and Apollo9 were thus the only Apollo missions to be launched that did not go to and/or land on the moon.