Once both modules were known to function, Apollo 10 tested the equipment in the moon's orbit. During the eight-day mission beginning on May 18, 1969, Tom Stafford, commander, and Gene Cernan ...
one almost forgets Apollo 10 --- the mission that did everything short of actually landing on the lunar surface. To those of us watching it live here on Earth, it was one of the most exhilarating ...
An curved arrow pointing right. In May of 1969, NASA astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan manned the Apollo 10 mission to orbit the moon. Recordings have recently surfaced of ...
They also got closer to the lunar surface than any Apollo astronaut before them: The Apollo 10 mission included a version of the lunar lander that Apollo 11 eventually rode down to the lunar surface.
Rollout of what promises to be NASA’s most important mission to date comes as the three astronauts of the Apollo 10 mission continue their outward trip to the moon. Apollo 10 successfully ...