Space Print from NASA: Recovery of Apollo 9. The Command Module is floating in the Atlantic with its three descent parachutes after splashdown at the end of the mission. Apollo 9 was launched on 3rd March 1969, with three astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart on board (NASA Media Archives). Choose to buy this picture as an unframed print or poster, a framed print or a mounted box canvas print.