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Apollo 10

Mission Number: AS-505 18-26 May 1969

Crew:
   
Thomas P. Stafford [3], Commander
    John W. Young [3], CSM Pilot
    Eugene A. Cernan [2], LM Pilot

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.

apollo10.jpg (66021 bytes) 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)