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Another concept I worked on for the Apollo 9 artwork. On March 7 (mission day 5) Spider separated from the command module "Gumdrop". After spending about 45 minutes near Gumdrop, the descent engine was fired taking Spider into a higher orbit which eventually separated the two spacecraft out to about 115 miles. The descent engine was fired several more times during maneuvers. The LM ascent stage was separated from the descent stage by firing explosive bolts. The ascent engine was fired to bring Spider back to rendezvous with Gumdrop.

Description
Another concept I worked on for the Apollo 9 artwork. On March 7 (mission day 5) Spider separated from the command module "Gumdrop". After spending about 45 minutes near Gumdrop, the descent engine was fired taking Spider into a higher orbit which eventually separated the two spacecraft out to about 115 miles. The descent engine was fired several more times during maneuvers. The LM ascent stage was separated from the descent stage by firing explosive bolts. The ascent engine was fired to bring Spider back to rendezvous with Gumdrop.