Editing Apollo 9 (section)

=== Mission insignia ===
[[File:Apollo 9 Flown Silver Robbins Medallion (SN-260).jpg|thumb|left|alt=Both sides of a silver medal|Apollo{{nbsp}}9 space-flown silver [[NASA space-flown Robbins medallions of the Apollo missions|Robbins medallion]]]]

The circular patch shows a drawing of a Saturn V rocket with the letters USA on it. To its right, an Apollo CSM is shown next to a LM, with the CSM's nose pointed at the "front door" of the LM rather than at its top docking port. The CSM is trailing rocket fire in a circle. The crew's names are along the top edge of the circle, with APOLLO [[Roman numerals|IX]] at the bottom. The "D" in McDivitt's name is filled with red to mark that this was the "D{{nbsp}}mission" in the alphabetic sequence of Apollo missions. The patch was designed by Allen Stevens of [[Rockwell International]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Ed |last=Hengeveld |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-052008a.html |title=The man behind the Moon mission patches |publisher=collectSPACE |date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=July 18, 2009}} "A version of this article was published concurrently in the [[British Interplanetary Society]]'s ''[[Spaceflight (magazine)|Spaceflight]]'' magazine."</ref>