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Apollo 10
| Mission Number: AS-505 | 18-26 May 1969 |
Crew:
Backup Crew:
L.
Gordon Cooper, Jr., Commander
Donn
F. Eisele, CSM Pilot
Edgar
D. Mitchell, LM Pilot
Launch:
Pad: 39-B
Date: 18 May 1969
Time: 16:49:00 UTC
Landing:
Location: Pacific Ocean (15° 2' S, 164° 39' W)
Vessel: USS
Princeton (LPH-5)
Date: 16 May 1969
Time: 16:52:23 UTC
Mission Duration: 8 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes, 23 seconds
This mission was a dress rehearsal for a Moon landing. The LM was taken to within 15,243 m (50,000 ft) of the lunar surface. The CSM made 31 lunar orbits in 61.6 hours.
The Command and Service Module (CSM) was named Charlie Brown, and the Lunar Module (LM) was named Snoopy.
The Apollo 10 command module is on display at the Science Museum in London, England.
Charlie Brown (Apollo 10 CSM) as seen from
Snoopy (LM) during rendezvous about 60 miles above the back side of the moon. (click for a
larger view)