Fifty years ago, Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969. The Apollo 10 mission encompassed all aspects of an actual crewed lunar landing, except the landing. It was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the Moon. The crew members were Commander Thomas Stafford, Command Module Pilot John Young and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene Cernan. Objectives included a scheduled eight-hour lunar orbit of the separated lunar module, or LM, and descent to about nine miles off the moon’s surface before ascending for rendezvous and docking with the command and service module, or CSM, in about a 70-mile circular lunar orbit. Pertinent data to be gathered in this landing rehearsal dealt with the lunar potential, or gravitational effect, to refine the Earth-based crewed spaceflight network tracking techniques, and to check out LM programmed trajectories and radar, and lunar flight control systems. Twelve television transmissions to Earth were planned. All mission objectives were achieved.
Apollo 10: ‘Tell the world, we have arrived’
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15 responses to “Apollo 10: ‘Tell the world, we have arrived’”
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There is no dark side
of the moon really.
Matter of fact
it's all dark." -
well where's the Apollo 11
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What a generation of people that got it done. USA!
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Was this module that landed and took off from the Moon without leaving marks on the ground or raising dust?
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The contradiction between this time of staggering achievement and humility by the Americans versus the immoral filth adminstrating the US today is utterly tragic. What fall from grace.
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Lol to funny !
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Tom Stafford is my favorite Apollo astronaut!
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What a great people!! Hatsoff sir
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Show us all the structures that are in your photos, they are there, I have seen them. Be honest and tell us the truth.
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NASA,tell us about the old ruins that you found on moon long time ago !
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Houston, tell the world we have arrived
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They are inspiration for all mankind
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Love u gene cernan
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Hopefully you humans got more advanced and yes we fix your ship when it malfunction
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Apollo 11 virtual reality experience is pretty fun
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