Apollo 9 Crew-Signed Launch Cover featuring the Mission Insignia. A philatelic cover commemorating the Apollo 9 mission, boldly signed by all three crewmembers: "James A. McDivitt", "Dave Scott", and "Rusty Schweickart" in various felt tips. The cover features a large color image of the official Apollo 9 mission insignia and bears a crisp March 3, 1969, Kennedy Space Center pictorial machine cancelation, the launch date of the mission. Apollo 9 was a critical test flight that marked the first crewed flight of the Lunar Module and a full Earth-orbital dress rehearsal for the later Moon landing missions. It was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft in Earth orbit. A highly desirable and historically significant launch day memento signed by the full crew of this pivotal mission in the Apollo program.From the Family Collection of Jacques Bracke.