Apollo 9

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OriginalApollo 9 mission, David Scott stands in the open hatch of the Command Module, photographed by Russell Schweickart from outside of the Lunar Module, March 6, 1969. The mission was in preparation for the Apollo 11 first moon landing of July 1969.
Image 2 as a setRussell Schweickart photographed by David Scott during the same spacewalk. The mutual photography of the two astronauts is covered in the section Apollo 9#Mission highlights in the 7th paragraph. Per User:Coffeeandcrumbs
Reason
Quality lead image in Apollo 9. Eye catching photo of David Scott (photographed) standing in the open hatch of the Command Module, photographed by astronaut Russell Schweickart from outside of the Lunar Module. Interesting fact: as noted below by User:C&C and as the article says, the two astronauts are mutually photographing each other, with each holding a camera in these photos. Per the article: "The mission was flown to qualify the Lunar Module for lunar orbit operations in preparation for the first Moon landing by demonstrating its descent and ascent propulsion systems, showing that its crew could fly it independently, then rendezvous and dock with the Command Module again, as would be required for the first crewed lunar landing."
Articles in which this image appears
Apollo 9, David Scott, +2
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator
NASA / Russell L. Schweickart, edited by Coffeeandcrumbs
A set nomination is harder to pass IMO, there is no uniform agreement on what constitutes a set, examples [1] [2]. Two separate noms may have a better chance. However, I added the second image to the nom, in case there is support for it. Bammesk (talk) 17:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gumdrop Meets Spider - GPN-2000-001100.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:16, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Schweickart Apollo 9 EVA (AS09-19-2982).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 18:16, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]